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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2018-10-10</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001609550</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>INSP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001584404</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Jain Mudit K.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>9700 63RD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MAPLE GROVE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55369</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-10-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>307</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>40.60</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>495</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2095507</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnote</value>
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                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of vested, restricted common stock received in lieu of cash fees pursuant to the Issuer's Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy, which shares are subject to the Reporting Person's lock-up agreement entered into in connection with the Registrant's initial public offering.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These shares are held of record by Synergy Life Science Partners, LP (&quot;Synergy&quot;). Synergy Venture Partners, LLC (&quot;SVP LLC&quot;) serves as the sole General Partner of Synergy. As such, SVP LLC possesses sole voting and investment control over the securities owned by Synergy, and may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the securities held by Synergy. SVP LLC, however, owns no securities of the Issuer directly. Mr. Jain, a director of the Issuer, is a Manager of SVP LLC and shares voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Synergy. Mr. Jain disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Synergy except to the extent of his proportionate pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Richard Buchholz, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-10-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
