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Originally Posted by panda1076  Depending on your insurance, I am sure the costs vary. I don't pay anything, but I guess I have good insurance coverage.
I believe the retail cost of the PDM is $800 and a month's supply of pods is $325, but don't quote me on that. |
Not sure if anyone else confirmed this, but you are correct. The start-up cost is $800 (out of pocket or depending on what your insurance company pays), and each pod is $35.
Since each pod holds 200 units of insulin, you can calculate your cost of the pods. A typical person would need a new pod every 3 days, so a 10-pod supply (one month) would cost $350.
Some people will need to change the pod every two days (like me), and in that case, it's $525 every month, or $6300 per year, in pods.
A conventional pump costs $5000 in the start-up cost, and about $200-$300 a month in supplies.
All these figures are before insurance consideration (e.g., what your insurance company pays, or what you'd pay without insurance).
