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Aspirin costs a nickel. They bill it like a procedure.

The tablet in the emergency department is the same molecule as the bottle at the drugstore.

What the hospital pays$0.05
vs
What a commercial plan is asked$18

Hospital acquisition vs a typical commercial bill for that tablet.

Eighty-one milligrams. Chewable. The hospital pays about five cents. The commercial ask is eighteen dollars.

This is not a rare drug. It is the cheapest thing in the crash cart, marked up because the cart is in a hospital.

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