[Zeke]

Originally Posted by nynor

while i cannot speak for the facility you are referring to, our facility has a set cost for injecting a drug, which varies by specific drug, and a cost for the drug itself. like any other commodity, the cost of drugs changes and our pharmacy price list reflects this. from what i have seen, the cost of the drug to the patient = hospital's cost * X. i am not exactly sure what X is, i'll have to pay more attention. as for the cost of injection being different, my take is that some drugs require more time/attention due to risk, risk being a major factor. thus, the riskier an injection is, the greater the injection cost.

That's ridiculous.