Vaughn's Summaries

Medicine Summaries
Sleep Disorders

This page summarizes the popularity of the top CPAP/ BiPAP devices for treating sleep apnea.

Brand POPULARITY on Google
Manuf. vs # of DEVICES OFFERED
Example CPAP Store PRICING
POPULAR MODELS by Brand

Sleep Apnea - Self-Diagnosis
Historical CPAP Devices Compared

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# of
Google
Results

BRAND

Mask Type

# of
Google
Results

11,800

RESMED

-

9,990

Nasal pillow

"Ultra Mirage II"

133,000

$ 115

6,510

Nasal pillow

"Mirage Swift II"

88,800

$ 121

4,650

Nasal pillow

"Mirage Swift LT"

81,500

$ 121

Nasal pillow

"Mirage Swift FX"

58,400

"Sunrise Medical CPAP"

2,970

Full-face

"Mirage Liberty"

54,600

$ 176

"Devilbiss CPAP"

2,300

Nasal

"Mirage Activa"

11,900

$ 121

"Probasics CPAP"

1,310

Full-face

"Mirage Quattro"

11,200

$ 176

"Invacare CPAP"

599

Nasal

"Mirage Soft-Gel"

3,330

"Viasys CPAP"

214

RESPIRONICS

-

"Evo CPAP"

187

Nasal pillow

"Respironics Optilife"

13,400

"CareFusion CPAP"

178

Nasal

"Comfort Classic"

3,360

$ 74

"AEIO CPAP"

139

Full-face

"ComfortFull 2"

2,290

"Cardinal Health CPAP"

139

Full-face

"ComfortGel mask"

747

$ 109

Searches performed on Sept. 29, 2010

Searches performed on Oct. 2, 2010

30

190 - 700

60

20

100

170

60

70

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Suppliers

Notes

Machines

# of Devices
Offered by
CPAP.com

# of Devices
Offered by
CPAP Supply USA

# of Devices
Offered by
CPAPPLUS

# of Devices
Offered by
cpapXchange

2

1

1

-

4

5

3

-

1

0

-

-

Fisher & Paykel

2

4

#3 supplier

Philips Respironics

#1 supplier

1

2

0

-

-

Puritan Bennett

2

4

0

#4 supplier

Resmed

#2 supplier

Masks

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Fisher & Paykel

-

-

-

-

-

Philips Respironics

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Resmed

-

-

-

-

-

Notes

1. Other lesser manufacturers have been omitted, such as Cardinal Health, CareFusion, Invacare, Sunrise Medical, Viasys, etc.

80

180 - 700

80

80

80

80

100

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Machines

Exorbitant
Sleep Center
Price

Price at
CPAP.com

Price at
CPAP Supply USA

Actual
Used Price
w/ Humidif.
w/ mask
w/ tube

S9 AutoSet

not offered

-

S9 AutoSet

$ 853

$ 853

$ 550

S9 Escape

not offered

-

S9 Escape

$ 758

$ 758

-

S9 Escape II

not offered

-

-

-

-

-

S9 Escape Auto

not offered

-

-

-

-

-

S9 Elite

not offered

-

S9 Elite

$ 805

$ 805

-

S9 Elite II

not offered

-

-

-

-

-

S8 AutoSet Vantage

S8 AutoSet II

$ 812

$ 812

$ 600

S8 Elite

S8 Elite II

$ 767

$ 767

-

S8 Escape II

not offered

-

S8 Escape II

$ 722

$ 722

$ 450

VPAP Adapt SV

-

VPAP Adapt SV

?

?

$ 700

VPAP Auto 25

not offered

-

VPAP Auto 25

$ 1,865

$1.865

-

VPAP III

-

VPAP III ST-A

?

?

$ 800

REMstar M Series Plus w/Smartcard
E0601/ E0562

-

?

Discontinued

Discontinued

-

Masks

Mirage Activa

Mirage Activa

$ 121

$ 121

-

Mirage Liberty

Mirage Liberty

$ 207

$ 207

-

Mirage Quattro

Mirage Quattro

$ 176

$ 176

-

Mirage Swift II

Mirage Swift II

$ 121

$ 121

-

Ultra Mirage

Ultra Mirage

$ 167

$ 167

-

Ultra Mirage II

Ultra Mirage II

$ 115

$ 115

-

Notes

1. MLSC = My Local Sleep Center, a pseudonym for the actual sleep center I used.
2. A quick visit to the Resmed web site reveals that the latest devices are the S9 Series. The S9 Series is NOT offered by MLSC.
3. ALL MLSC "Product Specification" LINKS to the Resmed web site go to the Home page, which has no specs.
4. M.L.S.C. does NOT offer a single BiPAP machine.
5. MOST CPAP Supply USA and CPAP.COM machines are newer than those offered by MLSC.
6. CPAP Supply USA, CPAP.COM and CPAPPLUS.COM have direct-to-consumer pricing that is about 1/2 that of MLSC.
7. This entire business seems to be characterized by extremely variable pricing, which allows exorbitant pricing when the prescriber is doing the selling. Nice work, if you can get it!

90

100

150 - 860

100

50

130

80

80

80

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Pressure
Machines

.
An
Online
Price

Notes

AEIOMed

Everest
Everest

Everest 2 Travel CPAP
Everest 3 Travel CPAP

-
$ 235

4.7 - 200 reviews
4.6 - 85 reviews

DeVilbiss
(no website)

IntelliPAP
IntelliPAP
IntelliPAP

SleepCube
SleepCube
SleepCube

IntelliPAP Standard
IntelliPAP Standard Plus CPAP
IntelliPAP AutoAdjust CPAP

SleepCube Standard
SleepCube Plus
SleepCube AutoAdjust

$ 285
$ 350
$ 435

-
-
-

4.8 - 102 reviews
1 review
4.9 - 240 reviews

IntelliPAP

IntelliPAP BiLevel w/SmartCode

$ 845

BiLevel Devices

Evo
(no website)

RemRest
RemRest
RemRest

RemRest Tier 1
RemRest Tier 2
RemRest Tier 3

-
-
-

-

Fisher
& Paykel
(#3)

SleepStyle
SleepStyle
SleepStyle
SleepStyle
SleepStyle
SleepStyle
SleepStyle

SleepStyle 200
SleepStyle 231, 232, 233, 234, 236, 238
SleepStyle 242 CPAP
SleepStyle 244 CPAP
SleepStyle 254 Auto CPAP
SleepStyle 604 CPAP
SleepStyle 608 CPAP

-
$ 319
$ 449
$ 495
$ 549
$ 549
$ 599

Single Pressure Devices
-
-
-
4.9 - 11 reviews
-
-

Philips Respironics
(#1)

-
-
-


REMstar
REMstar
REMstar
REMstar

PR System 1 REMstar DS150 CPAP
PR System 1 REMstar Plus CPAP w/C-Flex
PR System 1 REMstar Pro CPAP w/C-Flex
PR System 1 REMstar Auto CPAP

REMstar M Series
REMstar Plus M Series w/C-Flex
REMstar Pro M Series w/C-Flex
REMstar Auto M Series w/C/A-Flex

$ 559
$ 609
$ 669
$ 729

-
-
-
-

Single Pressure Devices
-
-
-
-
Older system
Older system
Older system
Older system

BiPAP
BiPAP
BiPAP
BiPAP
BiPAP
BiPAP

PR System 1 REMstar BiPAP Pro w/Bi-Flex
PR System 1 REMstar BiPAP Auto w/Bi-Flex
PR System 1 REMstar BiPAP ST
REMstar BiPAP Auto SV Advanced
BiPAP Auto with Bi-Flex (my system)
BiPAP Auto M-Series with Bi-Flex

$ 1,699
$ 1,949
$ 5,000
$ 5,800
-
-

BiLevel Devices
-
-
-
Older system 1995
-

PMI Probasics

Zzz-Pap Silent Traveler CPAP

$ 179

-

Covidian
Puritan Bennett
(#4)

Sandman
Sandman
Sandman
Sandman
Sandman

418
420
420E
420G
420S
420 SP

Sandman Duo
Sandman Duo ST BiLevel
Sandman Info HC
Sandman Intro HC
Sandman Auto HC

GoodKnight
GoodKnight 420 Series
GoodKnight Auto
GoodKnight CPAP
GoodKnight CPAP
GoodKnight CPAP

ref
$1,499
ref
$ 249
ref

-
-
ref
ref
-
ref

Single Pressure Devices

330
425
425 ST

KnightStar BiLevel
GoodKnight 425 BiLevel
BiLevel

-
ref
-

BiLevel Devices

Resmed
(#2)

C-Series

S8
S8
S8
S8
S8

S9
S9
S9
S9

C-Series Tango

S8 Elite
S8 Elite II CPAP
S8 Escape CPAP
S8 Escape II Auto
S8 AutoSet II CPAP

S9 Elite CPAP
S9 Escape CPAP
S9 Escape Auto
S9 AutoSet CPAP

-

$ 767
$ 767
$ 722
$ 722
$ 812

$ 805
$ 758
-
$ 853

Single Pressure Devices

VPAP
VPAP
VPAP
VPAP
VPAP

VPAP S
VPAP ST BiLevel
VPAP Adapt SV
S8 VPAP Auto 25 Bilevel
VPAP III ST-A

-
ref
-
$ 1,865
-

S = Spontaneous
ST = Spontaneous/ Timed
SV = Adapt. Servo Ventilator
Auto 25 = 25cm pressure
ST-A = Spont. Timed- Alarms

Masks

AEIOMed

-

-

-

-

DeVilbiss

-

-

-

-

Evo

-

-

-

-

Fisher & Paykel

-

-

-

-

Philips Respironics

-

-

-

-

PMI Probasics

-

-

-

-

Puritan Bennett

-

-

-

-

Resmed

-

-

-

-

Notes

1. Other lesser manufacturers have been omitted, such as Cardinal Health, CareFusion, Invacare, Sunrise Medical, Viasys, etc.
2. "ref" above refers to "Reference Device Only". This is a device that is no longer sold, but is shown for comparison purposes.

70

120 - 860

80

320

60

210

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