This is a minor quibble, but this sentence: >Scripps’ automated system took the actual cost of sutures, imposed an apparently preset 675% markup and produced a

This is a minor quibble, but this sentence: >Scripps’ automated system took the actual cost of sutures, imposed an apparently preset 675% markup and produced a billed amount that was orders of magnitude higher than the true price. was jolting for me as a reader -- going from $19.30 to $149.58 is an increase of around one order of magnitude rather than many.