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