How Much Did your Sleep Study Cost?

Rabid1 · Post by **Rabid1** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:11 pm

I'm fighting with the sleep center over my charges for a simple overnight study.

The first night was $1944
The second was $2189

I find this to be outrageous!!!!

What did you guys get charged?

jqp · Post by **jqp** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:28 pm

First night $2,316
Second Night $2,976

And that's the negotiated amount... about HALF what the sleep center actually charged.

What a rip!

Gerald · Post by **Gerald** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:31 pm

In the words of one of my great teachers, "You have been screwed without pleasure."

You were charged "list price".....no "discount" was given......because, evidently, you were self-pay w/o insurance. Medicare pays about 1/3 that amount.....which is really more than it's worth.

These nice people will now hold your credit rating hostage.

In uglier terms, it's called "extortion".

Gerald

jqp · Post by **jqp** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:37 pm

Actually, they billed my insurance ... the whole thing didn't cost me one single dollar. (which I'm very thankful for)

$3195 and $4105 for the first and second nights, respectively is what they billed my insurance for.....

I got an insurance "discount" of 30% or so... that's not even counting some other bogus charges they submitted to the insurance for "reading the sleep study" (which Aetna promptly rejected)

Mine was done in an outpatient wing of the local hospital....

Rabid1 · Post by **Rabid1** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:43 pm

My study was done in a small office with four sleep rooms and two "sleep technicians" to monitor all four.

I inquired about my technician's education, and she hadn't completed any degrees in the medical field. I'm guessing she makes $12-$15/hr.

I'm not sure what a night in an ICU costs, but I doubt it's as much!

Perchancetodream · Post by **Perchancetodream** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:45 pm

When the sleep clinic staff thought I was going to have to pay out of my own pocket for the titration, they offered my a "deal" of $1000 instead of the $2200 they would ordinarily bill my insurer. What they didn't tell me is that my insurer would only pay $900 of the amount billed!

Susan

dmcdlj · Post by **dmcdlj** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:48 pm

I just had one night. $4195. They came in and gave me oxygen, then put me on the machine the first night.

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:56 pm

I just looked mine up for March of 2005:

Billed - $1,835.00
Paid - $995.38

It was a split-night study.
My insurance provider obviously negotiated the price down a bit.

This does not count the office visits or the cost to have another sleep specialist (not my sleep doctor) read my sleep study, which was another couple hundred bucks.

Den

tuna · Post by **tuna** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:14 pm

Roughly $3000.00 for a split-night study!

It sucks, but I am learning!!

krousseau · Post by **krousseau** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:08 pm

You think that's ridiculous-Stanford Sleep Disorders Center-2006

Diasgnotic Sleep Study- $4,620 + $898 if you have esophageal pressure monitoring
Titration Sleep Study- $5195 + $898 for esophageal monitoring

Total-Ta Da-lets hear it for the trumpets $9815 for the lucky ones who don't need esophageal monitoring and $11,611 for those who do (I didn't).

The Blue Cross price was much less-those EOB's/receipts are filed with my tax return-I think I paid about $300 after BC/BS.

jsmythe · Post by **jsmythe** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:23 pm

Rabid1 wrote:I'm fighting with the sleep center over my charges for a simple overnight study.

The first night was $1944
The second was $2189

I find this to be outrageous!!!!

What did you guys get charged?

Mine was a split study-8/27/07 and 9/12/07.The first time is was filed with my BC/BS the charges were $3,363.75 and the second was $3,776.50. Not sure how this works, BC/BS was charged $1,432.00 and $1,550.00. They paid all but $98.08, which I have to pay.

luneman · Post by **luneman** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:58 pm

1st night 2872.00
2ed night 3877.00

Best part....insurance declined it all!

jsmythe · Post by **jsmythe** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:41 pm

luneman wrote:1st night 2872.00
2ed night 3877.00

Best part....insurance declined it all!

Oh Gee luneman, I am so sorry to hear that! Sounds like your sleep doc definitely did not send in all the right information and papers

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:00 pm

My sleep evaluation study was billed at $1500 but I can't find where I stashed the breakdown of the actual reimbursement.

However, my titration study (I actually had to do 2 because I only slept 42 minutes out of 6 hours bedtime the first titration) I do have the breakdown on.

My coverage is Medicare primary, BC/BS my secondary (the copay for those w/o secondary insurance coverage).

TITRATION
BILLED: $1650.00 - ALLOWED: $850.27 - PAID: $680.22 - COPAY $170.05
DOCTOR VISIT
BILLED: $110.00 - ALLOWED: $80.51 - PAID $64.41 - COPAY: $16.10

A GOOD sleep clinic would only charge an uninsured patient the Medicare ALLOWED amount.
A GOOD sleep doctor would only charge an insured patient the Medicare ALLOWED amount.

I know of one instance where my sleep clinic and doctor only charged an uninsured patient the Medicare PAID amount and didn't even charge them the Medicare COPAY. But I have no idea if that is their standard practice or not.

JeffH · Post by **JeffH** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:47 pm

Back in the late 90's $1845 cash for split night study. No insurance.

Mask

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