Did you get a doc's scipt. My insurance covered it but I still had to pay $165. The thing works, but boy does your mouth hurt while stretching. Tongue sticks are just stupid. Did you look at buy online, Amazon had them. Also I saw one on ebay once. I can't sell mine yet, I still use it ever now and then to make sure its not getting worse. I was prepaid to buy it on my own. At $165 out of pocket I feel like I did.