When I did my sleep study about 10 years ago to determine if I have obstructive sleep apnea and need a CPAP, I only had to go in one night and during that night, they did everything including monitoring and recording my brain activity, eye movements, heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen levels, body movement, etc.. Basically everything needed to not only for the diagnosis but also to capture the correct measurements to get the CPAP machine set up which I was prescribed and got a few weeks later.
My wife went in for a sleep study about 2-3 months ago. They connected her to the machines using the electrodes, finger monitors, microphone, etc. The the whole shebang, but not to a CPAP machine, unlike what they had done with me. Long story short, she gets a call a few weeks ago from the doctor telling her that she does indeed need a CPAP machine and that she needs to go do another sleep study to get the measurements for the machine. So she went in another night, same hookups, but this time they had her use a CPAP machine also.
During my sleep study, they started me up without the machine, and a few hours later woke me and had me start using a CPAP machine
Now, we have received two bills from the sleep study clinic for $1,500 for each of the nights ($3K total). Is it normal now a days to have to go in twice for sleep study? I tried to find this online but could not get any good results back.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
