Nebulizing Equipment

I tried to get Medicare to pay for it back in 2018. Medicare B is supposed to pay for nebulized drugs but I was unsuccessful. Last year, someone on one of the forums said that her insurance, maybe it was Medicare, covered it so I asked Walgreens to send it through to Medicare B and it was rejected. Walgreens said that the doctor may be able to get coverage by submitting paoerwork but I just gave up. I pay $15.37 a month with goodrx.

My Medicare D covered it until 2018. I get 90 days of drugs from Express Scripts mail order and every time I refilled it they sent the saline plus 3 neb kits (one per month) including tubing. I still have a couple of those kits left but it's good to know that I can get them again from Linncare. Despite having nebbed saline for many years, I have not yet had to pay for the neb cup or tubing.

@auntnanny My health insurance covers part with a prescription but Medicare B declined. I think they'll pay 50 percent but my brother's doesn't cover his.
So it's part of the Wild West that is our insurance system.
Sue

sue inmn…….. thank you for your response

On cleaning: talked again to my Pulmonary therapist. A year ago, she told me the easiest way: buy a baby bottle sterilizer. The Phillips Aventi cost about $19. Put 7 oz water in bottom. Lay all mouthpiece components on bottle rack. Close. Microwave 2 minutes. She reminded me I need to do that every day, once a day. As for tubing, just look at it to see if any moisture or droplets inside. If so, plug the compressor back in, run air through tube a couple of minutes, watch the drops fly out. Total cleaning time per day about 4 minutes.

Woot, That is awesome info. Will make my life much easier keeping the parts sterile. Thanks for sharing. You can get the Phillps Avent for $16.59 on Amazon

Forgot to say the sterilizing is after the regular soap and water washing. So if you nebulize twice a day, wash twice, sterilize once. So glad you found the Aventi

My insurance covered the nebulizer and the original parts. Since then, I’ve been buying my own parts every few months. My insurance doesn’t even cover the full cost of the saline. My Dr just prescribed the 7% that I requested and I was just charged $94. by GHI. I’m not on Medicare. When I get the 3%, they usually charge me $35 for one month supply

@ginak At most, 7 % saline should run about $35.00 a box. Try http://www.goodrx.com to see who in your area sells it the cheapest. I get mine free from the Healthwell Foundation.

The Heathwell Foundation covers mine.

I wonder how many they're sending me.