What have people in OZ paid for S9

[Golden-Alpine]

I am interested in hearing what price people paid/quoted for ResMed S9 Elite and Autoset.

I am returning my hire autoset next week and have to decide which way to go.

[jishy]

I paid approx $2040 for the AutoSet + H5i. Plus I got $180 off it for "trial rebate". I don't live in any capital city by any means either. CPAPAustralia has them for $1995 and the Elite for $1499.

[Kevin G.]

You can get a S9 Autoset on the internet for about $840 and the humidifier for about $300 more. Depending on your insurance situation the insurnace company can pay a couple hundred dollars less.

Do an internet search you will not have trouble finding prices. ResMed has a minimum price that internet resellers can sell the product so if you find an internet price close to what I listed above do not expect to find it significantly lower on the internet.

[LSAT]

Check out cpap.com

https://www.cpap.com/productpage/3151

[cpapernewbie]

Very simple solution. Buy from CPAPauction or Craiglist!
You can get the whole setup for about $850!
Add the shipment to Oz - the whole config will cost you less than $900

why buy local?

[jishy]

You will pay customs duty (5%) and possibly GST (10% - unless you can convince customs otherwise - there is no GST applicable to CPAP machines but customs can be morons) if you exceed $1000AUD value importing anything into Australia.

If you bought an AutoSet + H5i from cpap.com, it will cost about ~$1500 AUD. It depends if you have health insurance too because most (if not all) will only let you claim your extras cover for Australian bought machines.

Plus I don't have a prescription (because you don't in fact need one in Australia) so there goes the possibility of any internet ordering. If I don't even need a prescription, why does CPAP.com require them? I mean, my sleep report recommends that I get on CPAP by the sleep physician.

[cpapernewbie]

In Canada, I do not need a prescription to buy CPAP. However for buying on-line, I just asked my GP for a prescription and upload this to CPAPauction.com. Simple and save you more than $1,000. Why not?

[jishy]

Golden-Alpine, do you have private health insurance and will they cover a CPAP machine?

cpapernewbie, the issue is really that I could go spend $1000-1500 on a machine from the US but if I found one in Australia, paid $1850 and send an extras claim to my private health insurance I will only be paying $460.
The US seems to have a very painful system with health insurance and being forced to a particular DME.

[Golden-Alpine]

Yes I have health insurance. They will cover $500. I also get the $'s I spent hiring the current one.

[billbolton]

I am interested in hearing what price people paid/quoted for ResMed S9 Elite and Autoset.

I paid about $1799 for an S9 Autoset from a Sydney retailer who advetises on the web, a little over two months back.

A $500 private health insurance rebate brought the out of pocket amount down to a level where it wasn't worth it for me to take the various risks involved with international shipping etc.

Also, the Australian supplied S9s come with a Climateline heated hose and a openable humdifier tank, both of which are NOT included in in the US S9 models and are therefore an extra cost for US buyers.

Cheers,

Bill

[Really]

It appears that after adding the hose and humidifier the cost at cpap.com would be $1,123.00 plus S&H. How do they do that? Really??

https://www.cpap.com/productpage/3151

[harry33]

resmed CPAPs were very cheap when they were breaking into the US market, I have a cheap basic one and its had 3 problems so I wonder about their reliability