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| - If your child needs a nebulizer, it's probably best to get it elsewhere. Sears has the exact same model that we received from Preferred Homecare, minus the 300+% markup.
Preferred Homecare provided our son's Lifecare Solutions nebulizer, & are now charging (gouging) us $204.81 for it. Not knowing any better, I didn't think I could get the neb elsewhere, plus my baby (a few mos. old then, & was coughing a lot) needed it. According to his pediatrician.
I just did some research & the exact same model, brand new, costs no more than $50 from 8 different stores online. The 1 from Sears costs $30+. There's a used 1 on eBay (exact same 1) for $17. Preferred Homecare says we're being charged 100% for the neb because we didn't meet our deductible. By that they mean 100% plus their 300%+ markup on the equipment.
The neb is nothing special, & as garden variety as they come. It's not like, golden or anything. It also wasn't very helpful to my son, & his current pediatrician doesn't even recommend them (he says they don't really work).
We received the $204.81 bill from PH wayyyyyy after the period (30 days) that we could still return the equipment. That's just convenient for them, I guess. They won't adjust the charges.
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