It's worth noting that in some cases it might be cheaper to outright purchase a CPAP machine online than to get a diagnosis via a sleep study. I got a sleep st

It's worth noting that in some cases it might be cheaper to outright purchase a CPAP machine online than to get a diagnosis via a sleep study. I got a sleep study about a decade ago, having to go in first for diagnosis and then to evaluate the right settings. Even with insurance it cost about $2000 after all was said and done due to limited coverage and out of pocket fees. THen add the ongoing $35/month copay for renting the CPAP machine (they did not offer to sell it) and limited fee for having someone deliver it, which was a scam of an 'in-home medical visit' to set it up by handing me a box and saying where to plug in the hoses. Meanwhile, the same machine sold for $400 online, wouldn't have required me to spend overnights in a lab or go through doctor visits every couple months for continued 'check-ups' where they read the card data to make sure I'm still using the machine to justify insurance coverage of everything beyond the $35/month fee. With automatic settings (now standard on machines, perhaps not at the time) or simply using materials online to do a few nights trial and error to figure out correct settings. I felt like I (and my insurance carrier) was getting scammed at every point along the line. But the doctors claimed these were the hoops I had to go through to get tested and treated. Hopefully it's a lot better today, but.. I doubt it. The CPAP did work when I finally got it, though.