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02-19-2008, 07:42 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI
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| | | Current retail cost of pumps?
Does anybody know the actual current retail pricing for most of the insulin pumps out there? |
02-19-2008, 07:44 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas
Posts: 781
| | | My Medtronic Minimed 722, was approx. $6000 before all the discounts and stuff that is in the agreement they have with my insurance company. |
02-19-2008, 08:25 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern USA
Posts: 1,500
| | | I checked into it about two years ago and the prices ranged from $5000 to $7000.
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02-19-2008, 08:38 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI
Posts: 61
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Originally Posted by grace girl  I checked into it about two years ago and the prices ranged from $5000 to $7000. | Any idea what pumps cost what amount? |
02-19-2008, 08:54 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,356
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Originally Posted by shades9323 Any idea what pumps cost what amount? | They are all generally the same price otherwise insurance would deny based on price and I'm not sure of any insurances that refuse certain models. It's hard to really find the price because insurance companies talk down the price to as low as possible. The easiest way would be to find someone that is paying 100% out of pocket on here. Heck, I guess if someone paid 20% and paid it all (no max out of pocket) then just multiply that by 5 and that would be the price.
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002-Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - ?)
●LifeScan OneTouch UltraSmart Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
02-19-2008, 09:05 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,356
| | I did a quick search online and found this... Better Living Now: Diabetes Pharmacy > Insulin Pump Therapy > Insulin Infusion Pump
I don't know what the insurance price or how accurate those are but the pricing is roughly as follows...
Cozmo: $7,549.85
Animas: $8,843.00
Minimed x22: $10,314.68
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002-Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - ?)
●LifeScan OneTouch UltraSmart Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
02-19-2008, 09:21 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,390
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Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg They are all generally the same price otherwise insurance would deny based on price and I'm not sure of any insurances that refuse certain models. It's hard to really find the price because insurance companies talk down the price to as low as possible. The easiest way would be to find someone that is paying 100% out of pocket on here. Heck, I guess if someone paid 20% and paid it all (no max out of pocket) then just multiply that by 5 and that would be the price. | I don't think this is a good way to figure the price. If you pay 20%, you are paying 20% of the contracted rate, not retail.
I think the best way to find this out is to call the pump company and ask. I am pretty sure if Medtronic was the most expensive pump out there, insurance companies wouldn't push them so hard.
It would be great to post the prices you find out from the companies themselves. |
02-19-2008, 09:30 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Originally Posted by notme I don't think this is a good way to figure the price. If you pay 20%, you are paying 20% of the contracted rate, not retail. | Technically if one pays in full they should be able to pay whatever the insurance rate is. Finding that number out though may be extremely hard. Quote:
Originally Posted by notme It would be great to post the prices you find out from the companies themselves. | Is that a challenge? LOL
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002-Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - ?)
●LifeScan OneTouch UltraSmart Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
02-19-2008, 09:34 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,390
| | Hehehe sure. Lets call and see who gets put on hold longer!  |
02-19-2008, 09:45 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,356
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Originally Posted by notme Hehehe sure. Lets call and see who gets put on hold longer! | So far I have Minimed at $6195 and Animas at $5975. As for the support, both answered immediately but Animas was friendlier. They asked me how I would be paying and said if I paid in full that the rate is lower and if I couldn't, they had numerous different payment plans available to meet my needs. Minimed didn't mention anything about helping me pay for it.
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002-Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - ?)
●LifeScan OneTouch UltraSmart Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
02-19-2008, 09:57 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,390
| | I feel like Tom Sawyer. Let us know what Cozmo says. I am still on hold. 
Ok fine. I didn't call. |
02-19-2008, 10:01 AM
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02-19-2008, 02:02 PM
|  | Junior Member | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: St. Louis, Mo
Posts: 52
| | | I recently got a new MM 722 and my insurance company was charged $6195 by Medtronic, allowable amount $4656.00 and my copay was $930. The net that the insurance company paid was $3720.00. |
02-19-2008, 02:19 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,390
| | | That sounds about right duckhunter. I found the price on the Medtronic site and it was exactly what you and Jedi said. $6,195. |
02-19-2008, 03:59 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 5
| | | The Omnipod system is around $1100, give or take a 100. The control device/glucometer (they call it a PDM) is about $800. The individual pods $34, and are sold in boxs of 10 (box cost $340). This will last for approximately a month. Each pod works for 3 days.
The initial outlay of money is cheaper then a "traditional" pump, however there is a recurring cost associated with the monthly supply of pods. You will also have to use the Freestyle testing strips with the PDM.
Hope this helpful. |
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