Resmed Airsense 10 Autoset CPAP/APAP $999

norrric wrote: ↑ There has been so much misinformation and wrong information provided in this thread.

I am not surprised you are confused.

There's two paths to you can follow.

The first path is to go the ADP route and you will get assistance from the Ontario government.

The second path is your family physician or a nurse practitioner can write a script, but you will not receive the ADP assistance.

To get the ADP assistance, you must have a prescription from a doctor that specializes in sleep apnea. Your family doctor can not write a script that will be accepted by the ADP program unless he specializes in sleep apnea.

Your family doctor will refer you to a MD with a sleep apnea sub specialty designation.

That that MD will arrange a sleep study at a clinic. The technicians at the sleep clinic, will do testing at various pressures and record how many times you stop breathing and build a diagnosis while you are asleep and provide the results to the specialist MD.
From there, the sleep apnea MD will determine whether or not you require a CPAP machine and if so, what pressures the machine should be set at.

The apnea doctor will write a prescription for you with the required settings.

With that, you can visit any company that sells CPAP and accessories, be it online or storefront.

The company that will be providing the CPAP machine to you will do all the paperwork required by the ADP program and only charge you the price of the machine minus the ADP assistance.

Most, if not all companies that sell the CPAP equipment will also do the paperwork to your insurance. So theoretically you can walk out the door without paying a penny.

If they do not send the remaining balance after the ATP is subtracted from your machine to your insurance provider, it's no big deal for you to send the paperwork to your insurance company as you would with a dental or drug claim.

Currently you should be paying no
more than:

$554 for the Resmed Airsense 10 Autoset CPAP machine that will include a standard hose.

$100 for the ResMed ClimateLineAir Heated Tube, which better delivers the correct humidity without rain fog in the tube.

$230 for the ResMed AirFit P10 Nasal Pillow Mask,

There is a recommended schedule for replacing the water tank, hose, mask, and filters.

( You can pay much less on Amazon for the actual ResMed tubes, tank, and mask, but as always check first with your insurance provider)

You do not have to buy the heated tube if you do not want to because you will receive a standard non-heated tube that is provided with the machine by ResMed.

As for filters, they are outrageously priced and many insurance companies will not cover them. If they do not, Amazon is your friend. They have many suppliers that will sell an equivalent filter for a 10% of the cost of the ResMed filters.

To access the Ontario government ADP program, the maximum allowed price any company is allowed to charge for any machine is $554.