You need to go to an expert and have a sleep study done for your initial settings, but it is no different from going to your eye doctor then buying glasses off of Zenni Optical. The whole medical equipment industry is just very expensive rent seeking, offering little support or expertise.
This is particularly nasty for simple accessories like hoses, masks, filters, etc wherein the markup and insurance overhead is massively outpacing the raw cost of these goods (and if you know where to look you can buy them 75% off without those things).
This is a true story: With insurance, my PERSONAL cost, was $1K though a medical equipment company. Then I had to have a modem in it and had my insurance spy on me for six months. Alternatively, for $900 I could have gone onto an online CPAP store, supplied by script, and been handed an identical machine (with included mask). Done.
You need to go to an expert and have a sleep study done for your initial settings, but it is no different from going to your eye doctor then buying glasses off of Zenni Optical. The whole medical equipment industry is just very expensive rent seeking, offering little support or expertise.
This is particularly nasty for simple accessories like hoses, masks, filters, etc wherein the markup and insurance overhead is massively outpacing the raw cost of these goods (and if you know where to look you can buy them 75% off without those things).
This is a true story: With insurance, my PERSONAL cost, was $1K though a medical equipment company. Then I had to have a modem in it and had my insurance spy on me for six months. Alternatively, for $900 I could have gone onto an online CPAP store, supplied by script, and been handed an identical machine (with included mask). Done.