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Re:Alabama prisoners' organs vanish, and there's a whole lot... by g00gler on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @04:23PM (#40359746)
I’m not sure if $2,200 is a lot or a little but isn’t there some non-zero cost associated with facilitating, transporting, storing and performing the autopsies regardless of whether the examiner is paid or is a student? Eg clerical work, drivers, equipment, use of a vehicle, refrigerators, etc.
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Re:Alabama prisoners' organs vanish, and there's a whole lot... by hammock on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @09:20PM (#40362076)
That's correct. I guess a benchmark we could use is $60, which is apparently what Planned Parenthood gets paid for the aborted fetuses that it gives away. Each fetus is reimbursable for reasonable costs incurred in the "transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, or storage of human fetal tissue." https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/planned-parenthood-fact...
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Re:Alabama prisoners' organs vanish, and there's a whole lot... by ceejayoz on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @09:28PM (#40362119)
That would be a very silly benchmark, as no one has to conduct an autopsy there.

Autopsy pricing isn’t hard to find. https://www.etsu.edu/com/pathology/forensic-center/documents... says $4k; https://www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/Faq.aspx?QID=302 says $2.5-5k.

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