The mark-up on supplies in the medical field is criminal. It raises significant concerns about the ethics and transparency in healthcare pricing.
I used to work in durable medical equipment coverage (DME). It's outrageous what they charge for things. You know that walker grandma got when she went to the hospital? She was probably charged $150 when our cost was around $12. That applied to almost everything we offered, which highlights the troubling discrepancy in healthcare pricing.
I broke my ankle earlier this year and was issued a pneumatic boot by the doctor's ortho assistant and later billed over $700 for it. The exact same boot (right down to the packaging) was available on Amazon for under $70. This situation illustrates the wide gap between retail and medical pricing, leaving patients vulnerable to exorbitant bills.
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