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<blockquote data-quote="okcBob" data-source="post: 4157719" data-attributes="member: 45783"><p>For insurance to cover it, you will need a qualifying diagnosis, and a blood gas or pulse ox reading 88% or less at rest on room air. Sometimes you can qualify with 89% if you have a supporting cardiac issue. If you don’t qualify at rest, you might with ambulation & more oximetry testing.</p><p></p><p>To pay privately, home stationary concentrators cost anywhere between 700-2K. Most go up to 5 or 6 liters/minute. There are some that will go higher but remember since this is not pure O2, the % of oxygen will decrease as your flow rate increases. So, at 2 LPM the you might get 96% o2 & at 6 L you might get 85%. This is for a continuous-flow stationary machine that plugs into the wall.</p><p></p><p>Portable machines are smaller & battery operated, & don’t have as high a flow rate. They might go up to 2LPM continuous flow. But they can also give what’s called “pulse dose” which gives just a puff of o2 when you inhale, so they conserve 02. Settings on those are dependent on oximetey testing with the portable unit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="okcBob, post: 4157719, member: 45783"] For insurance to cover it, you will need a qualifying diagnosis, and a blood gas or pulse ox reading 88% or less at rest on room air. Sometimes you can qualify with 89% if you have a supporting cardiac issue. If you don’t qualify at rest, you might with ambulation & more oximetry testing. To pay privately, home stationary concentrators cost anywhere between 700-2K. Most go up to 5 or 6 liters/minute. There are some that will go higher but remember since this is not pure O2, the % of oxygen will decrease as your flow rate increases. So, at 2 LPM the you might get 96% o2 & at 6 L you might get 85%. This is for a continuous-flow stationary machine that plugs into the wall. Portable machines are smaller & battery operated, & don’t have as high a flow rate. They might go up to 2LPM continuous flow. But they can also give what’s called “pulse dose” which gives just a puff of o2 when you inhale, so they conserve 02. Settings on those are dependent on oximetey testing with the portable unit. [/QUOTE]
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