Idiopathic hypersomnia

Idiopathic hypersomnia care at Mayo Clinic

• Your Mayo Clinic care team. Mayo Clinic doctors trained in sleep medicine, including doctors trained in lung and breathing conditions (pulmonary medicine), mental health conditions (psychiatry), brain conditions (neurology) and other areas, work together to diagnose and treat people who have idiopathic hypersomnia.

• Research. Mayo Clinic doctors and researchers study side effects of medications and possible treatments for idiopathic hypersomnia and other sleep disorders.

  Learn more on the Center for Sleep Medicine research website.

Expertise and rankings

Experience

Mayo Clinic doctors trained in sleep medicine have experience evaluating and treating people who have idiopathic hypersomnia and other sleep disorders. They see more than 340 people with idiopathic hypersomnia yearly.

Each Mayo Clinic location, as well as some Mayo Clinic Health System locations, offer a sleep disorders center that's accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and staffed by specialists trained in treating sleep disorders.

Nationally recognized expertise

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings.

Learn more about Mayo Clinic's pulmonary medicine and neurology department's expertise and rankings.

Locations, travel and lodging

Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.

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Costs and insurance

Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people.

In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.

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