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Re:Non-profit’s $300 hepatitis C cure as effective as $84k a... by makmanalp on Thursday April 12, 2018 @10:00AM (#16820961)
Because hospitals use those prices to negotiate with insurance and other parties. I'm not saying it's right, but it's what happens in a broken system:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargemaster

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