Does the medicine expire quickly? Or does the cost of storing it/administer it differ from other medicine? Hospital profit margins don’t seem particularly hig

Does the medicine expire quickly? Or does the cost of storing it/administer it differ from other medicine? Hospital profit margins don’t seem particularly high (~10%). https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/HCA/hca-healthcare/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/HCA/hca-healthcare... The other publicly listed company I could find is Tenet, which doesn’t do so well: https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/THC/tenet-healthcare/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/THC/tenet-healthca... > Why the high price? One explanation is that hospitals can — and do — mark up products to balance overhead costs and generate revenue. This is something all businesses do. Some products/services are sold at higher margin than other products/services, for a variety of reasons. Edit: CHS is the other large publicly listed hospital company, also has very low profit margins. https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/CHSCP/chs-inc/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/CHSCP/chs-inc/prof...