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The cost of most medical grade stuff like that is so high because of INSURANCE.

Used to be involved with a medical product called a vena cava filter. It is a device used to capture blood clots on the way to the brain. It was the first one and was manufactured at a cost of $25 and sold for $75 sterile in the 70's. Medical law suits were getting more common so the company sold the rights to the product. The other company repackaged it as non-sterile and raised the price to $500 to cover the cost of insurance against law suits.