EastWest Gal
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Yes they were billed, but they didn't pay $40. Probably they paid $5-$6 (the cost of the drug and it's administration).
Rita
It's actually more expensive than that. Vaccines are not huge money makers. If they were, pediatricians would make as much as surgeons. We've had to fight with insurance companies to get them to pay enough to even cover the cost of the vaccines. The CDC quotes the price per dose as $11.30-19.13, depending on the brand, and weather it is preservative free, etc. Needles, alcohol swabs add to the cost. And those administering the vaccine aren't being paid minimum wage.
Also, the American billing system is weird. You always bill about 40% more than the insurance company pays, just to get what it pays.
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