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Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg  I think that makes the two systems comparable in price. Each sensor is $35, so with the Guardian you get $105 worth and with the pump kit version you get $350 worth. Then I forget what the transmitter cost, but I thought I heard $300 or so once. Which means the pump kit one is getting ripped off. And with the Guardian that would put the receiver around $650 which sounds right for one of those.
Just some stupid useless info. |
Not stupid, worthy of discussion for anyone considering the same.
Now, let me do my math and let's see if it jives...Transmitters are about $650.
To get the Guardian system will cost you $1339; you get:
Guardian (pager/pump-looking device, not a pump) reader
Four sensors
One transmitter
To get the 722 "Real-Time System" (RTS) it will cost you $6195+$999 for the RTS supplies; for which you get:
Ten sensors
One transmitter
Obviously, the second option is more expensive if you don't already have a 522/722. But for less than the Guardian kit, you get ten sensors and the transmitter.
What I DON'T get is that my insurance will approve me for the Guardian in addition to the 722. I don't want to be rude, but seriously, WTF? I know it took me about an hour to figure out the in's and out's of the two systems, but I wasn't exactly enamored with the concept at first. Now I am, and I think I grasp it all pretty well. But for a big-time insurance company, shouldn't this be easy?
I mean, if they want to pay extra for the Guardian, I'll take it and hawk it on the diabetes black market (I'm kidding, there is no such thing that I am aware of).
