Heres an article breaking down the cost of precisely that rattlesnake antivenin [1] Unsurprisingly, its mostly blatant money grabbing. 70% is pure markup that

Heres an article breaking down the cost of precisely that rattlesnake antivenin [1] Unsurprisingly, its mostly blatant money grabbing. 70% is pure markup that insurers don’t pay but uninsured do. 2% is the R&D cost. Probably for something we invented 100 years ago which makes you wonder just how the R&D continues to cost $100+ per dose decades after its basically perfected anyways. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/09/09/the-crazy-reason-it-costs-14000-to-treat-a-snakebite-with-14-medicine https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/09/09/the-c...