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That is the industry in one SKU. Open the receipt. The salt water is still two dollars.
Modeled national rack vs GPO acquisition. Not a named hospital’s bill.
A liter of 0.9% sodium chloride is a commodity. Hospitals buy it for about two dollars on a GPO contract. Hung on a pole, it becomes a line item.
The kitchen is still the bag, the tubing, a few minutes of a nurse. The wall is the chargemaster. Same fluid. Different story.