Question about heated tubing

Is the heating element removable so that when you get new tubing it can be applied to it or do you just get a whole new heated tube......and how does your insurance company take care of that...

I am asking because I have to believe the price is higher for heated and getting it replaced every 3 months or so wouldn't keep the insurance people happy, I am sure.....

We are getting into the rain out season here in the fall and I am thinking about switching to the heated tubing if it actually works well for that.

With a heated hose there is no way to remove or do anything with the heating part of it. There's actually tiny little wires inside the hose the whole length of it along with the heater electrical stuff that plugs into the humidifier.

They don't need replacing every 3 to 6 months though. I have one S9 heated hose that has been through 3 machines so probably has well over 10K hours on it.

When a heated hose fails there is no fixing it...you just get a new one.
But they don't fail very often with common sense care.

My insurance is Medicare and they allow a new hose heated every 3 months but I don't replace something just because I can. I only do it if needed once I have a spare available.
See the top line for the heated hose billing code

Lou Cypher wrote:Is the heating element removable so that when you get new tubing it can be applied to it or do you just get a whole new heated tube......and how does your insurance company take care of that...

I am asking because I have to believe the price is higher for heated and getting it replaced every 3 months or so wouldn't keep the insurance people happy, I am sure.....

We are getting into the rain out season here in the fall and I am thinking about switching to the heated tubing if it actually works well for that.

Heated hoses are specific to the machine you are using...I don't think there is a heated hose for the S8 shown in your profile. Only the S9 and S10.

xxyzx wrote: if only

my first DME made me subscribe to getting replacments on the medicrap schedule to maximise their profits
they shipped and charged my cc whether i needed anything or not

have to review the paperwork but i think the new DME did that too

Medicare specifically bans "auto shipping" of any cpap supplies. We have to request any cpap related equipment.

If you don't have Medicare and your DME auto ships...that's something you can stop if you wish to. I would think that you of all people wouldn't have a problem "explaining" anything to a DME.

If your insurance is Medicare then just report them to Medicare and they will get their hands slapped or worse.

The credit card thing sounds like something Crapria would do.
No one has to give a credit card number to anyone if they don't want to.

Lou Cypher wrote:Is the heating element removable so that when you get new tubing it can be applied to it or do you just get a whole new heated tube......and how does your insurance company take care of that...

I am asking because I have to believe the price is higher for heated and getting it replaced every 3 months or so wouldn't keep the insurance people happy, I am sure.....

Replacing hoses every 3 months is wasteful.

Replace them when they wear out or no longer function, always have a spare.

Thanks for the valuable information......... Now if only I had something other than the the autoset that I have..... : (

Won't the Hybernite fit any machine? If not, the Aussie hose will and though pricy, I've had mine probably 8 years.