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Cost of sleep study by state

The following estimated costs are based on cash prices that providers have historically charged on average for sleep study and will vary depending on where the service is done. The prices do not include the anesthesia, imaging, and other doctor visit fees that normally accompany sleep study.

StateName Average Cash Price
$754 - $1,195
$1,020 - $1,617
$853 - $1,352
$747 - $1,184
$936 - $1,484
$824 - $1,306
$902 - $1,429
$876 - $1,389
$868 - $1,376
$828 - $1,312
$776 - $1,230
$785 - $1,244
$762 - $1,208
$865 - $1,371
$789 - $1,251
$718 - $1,137
$743 - $1,178
$760 - $1,205
$844 - $1,337
$762 - $1,208
$897 - $1,422
$925 - $1,465
$852 - $1,350
$959 - $1,519
$767 - $1,215
$758 - $1,201
$788 - $1,249
$770 - $1,221
$814 - $1,290
$816 - $1,294
$989 - $1,568
$752 - $1,191
$931 - $1,475
$747 - $1,184
$830 - $1,315
$777 - $1,231
$831 - $1,317
$848 - $1,344
$875 - $1,387
$933 - $1,478
$796 - $1,261
$742 - $1,175
$748 - $1,186
$808 - $1,281
$842 - $1,335
$827 - $1,311
$804 - $1,275
$897 - $1,422
$805 - $1,276
$850 - $1,347
$827 - $1,311

A polysomnography (PSG), or sleep study, is a diagnostic test used to determine if someone is suffering from a sleep disorder. It is also used to track improvements in people who have been diagnosed with a sleep disorder and are undergoing a treatment plan.

Typically performed at night, a sleep study uses sensors to monitor your sleep patterns, specifically your REM and NREM cycles, to determine where sleep disruption is occurring and diagnose the problem.

Your doctor may advise you to undergo a sleep study if you experience any of the following:

●  Fatigue during the day despite sleeping the previous night

●  Loud or excessive snoring

●  Frequent episodes of waking up in the middle of the night

●  Sleep apnea (holding your breath while sleeping followed by gasping for air)

●  Restless sleep

●  Walking or excessively moving around while you sleep

In most cases, the sleep study technician attaches sensors to your temples, chest, legs, and scalp. The sensors monitor your heart rate, blood pressure, eye movements, brain waves, breathing patterns, limb movement, snoring, and body position. Additionally, a pulse oximeter is placed on your finger or ear to monitor your blood oxygen level.

A sleep study is performed by a doctor or polysomnography technician, typically at a sleep center or within the sleep disorder unit at a hospital.

A sleep study is not an electroencephalogram (EEG); however, a sleep test uses an EEG as one of its monitoring components. An EEG is a diagnostic test that measures brain wave activity, which is why it is used for sleep studies and studies on epilepsy. In addition to EEG monitoring, sleep studies use a multitude of tests to diagnose a sleep disorder.

Sleep studies have the following components:

●  Electrocardiogram (ECG)

●  Electroencephalogram (EEG)

●  Electromyography (EMG)

●  Electrooculogram (EOG)

●  Movement in the chest and abdomen

●  The pressure of the airflow in the nasal and oral cavities

●  Blood oxygen levels

●  Levels of CO2 in the skin

Generally, three to four hours of sleep are required to gather enough data for the test results to be helpful. Sleep tests provide you with a hotel-like room for an entire eight-hour period, so most people get enough sleep during the test to obtain actionable results.

* Savings estimate based on a study of more than 1 billion claims comparing self-pay (or cash pay) prices of a frequency-weighted market basket of procedures to insurer-negotiated rates for the same. Claims were collected between July 2017 and July 2019. R.Lawrence Van Horn, Arthur Laffer, Robert L.Metcalf. 2019. The Transformative Potential for Price Transparency in Healthcare: Benefits for Consumers and Providers. Health Management Policy and Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 3.

Sidecar Health offers and administers a variety of plans including ACA compliant and excepted benefit plans. Coverage and plan options may vary or may not be available in all states.

Your actual costs may be higher or lower than these cost estimates. Check with your provider and health plan details to confirm the costs that you may be charged for a service or procedure.You are responsible for costs that are not covered and for getting any pre-authorizations or referrals required by your health plan. Neither payments nor benefits are guaranteed. Provider data, including price data, provided in part by Turquoise Health.

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