having to pay for supplies out of pocket

piggy mask girl · Post by **piggy mask girl** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:40 pm

I have a cpap machine and use a Mirage Quartro Full Face Mask. My insurance pays for half the rental of the machine every month. I pay the other half. Anthem BC BS does not cover my supplies. I was told I had to get them directly from my supplier, very expensive. I would like to buy my supplies on line with my MD's Rx. I was told I can not buy my "supplies" on line unless they are covered by insurance. Is this true? I work full time as a RN and can pay out of pocket. Does anyone have answers to this? Have any of you used a site on line to buy supplies through a credit card?

brucelegs · Post by **brucelegs** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:43 pm

If you have your prescription you can buy wherever you want to. I recommend our host cpap.com. - fax them a copy of your prescription. If you are going to be trying out a new mask, you might want to consider the return insurance.

Muse-Inc · Post by **Muse-Inc** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:46 pm

Bought my Hybrid from our sponsor https://www.cpap.com. All you have to do is order and FAX your prescription. Pleasant experience for me...I called and chatted with them to get the details, very nice people.

rosiefrosie · Post by **rosiefrosie** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:50 pm

Did your supplier tell you that? As the others have said you can buy them on line with a prescription at a much cheaper price.

rosie

millich · Post by **millich** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:48 pm

piggy mask girl wrote: I was told I can not buy my "supplies" on line unless they are covered by insurance. Is this true?

No

Have any of you used a site on line to buy supplies through a credit card?

Yes, on our host cpap.com. Their prices are a fraction of what you'd pay through a supplier.

Oh, and by the way. I have BC Anthem & they *do* pay for a large part of my supplies. It just has to be on their time table. Otherwise, I buy them from cpap.com.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:53 pm

No one will care about insurance as long as they get paid.

jweeks · Post by **jweeks** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:32 pm

piggy mask girl wrote:My insurance pays for half the rental of the machine every month. I pay the other half. Anthem BC BS does not cover my supplies.

Hi,

Funny thing...I found that I could buy my machine outright for less than what the co-payment was, and I can buy my supplies on-line for a fraction of what the local DME wants. As an example, they wanted to charge me $80 for a hose. I bought one on-line for $10. The co-pay would have been $28. Do some shopping on the Internet. Cpap.com, cpapexchange, the cpap auction, and Amazon.com are all good places that I have purchased from, and there are several others that others in this forum have used. I found filters and mask gaskets on E-bay where I could buy a dozen for what one would have costed at the DME.

-john-

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