Can we charge sleep study equipment hire fees to patients when we bulk bill their sleep studies?

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This questioner said that every time they called Medicare about this, they received different advice and were concerned they may be billing incorrectly. The setting was outpatient sleep studies which are bulk billed by the respiratory and sleep physicians using item 12250. The company (described as an external provider) supplies the patients with the sleep study devices and charges them a hire fee for the equipment. Is this allowed?

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