You arrive at the sleep lab at 8 p.m. and are greeted by a technician. After filling out some paperwork and changing into your two-piece sleep attire (please bring pajamas or a t-shirt and sweat pants), you are then readied for the sleep study. Sensors are applied to the head to monitor brain waves as your sleep. Sensors are also used at the nose to monitor airflow, on the chest and finger to monitor heart rate and oxygen levels, and on the legs to detect movements. Nothing hurts or is invasive. You will sleep in a private room which has a private restroom and home-style decor. You can read or watch t.v. until you are ready to sleep. The technician will then monitor breathing and other information during sleep, and will provide any assistance needed during the night. If you are still asleep at 6 or 6:30 the next morning, the technician will awaken you. If you need to get up earlier than that, you can let the technician know. The sleep physician will review your study and create a report. If you are a patient at the clinic, the physician will discuss the results of the study with you in detail at your follow-up visit one week later.

No. The physician will decide whether the patient needs a sleep study based on their symptoms. Sleep studies are most commonly ordered to identify breathing problems during sleep, abnormal movements and/or behaviors during sleep, and to evaluate people with excessive daytime sleepiness.

When a sleep study is ordered by the physician at our clinic, we will call your insurance company to obtain a preauthorization, if required. We request that every patient having a sleep study check with their insurance company to see if they will need to pay a deductible as per their policy. The patient is responsible for finding out how much of the cost they will personally be responsible for, as determined by their insurance policy.