An Arizona woman was stung with a whopping $83,046 medical bill after being attacked by a scorpion last June.
Marcie Edmonds, 52, of Phoenix,got stung by a scorpion while opening a box of air-conditioner filters in her garage, according to AZcentral.com.
A after her throat tightened, her vision blurred and she became unable to walk or breathe properly, she hurried to nearby Chandler Regional Medical Center.
At the hospital emergency room, a doctor told her a scorpion anti-venom, which is called Anascorp and cost only $100 in Mexico, would relieve her symptoms according to DailyMail.
What she didn’t know was the drug cost an astronomical $39,652 per dose.
Edmonds was given two doses of the drug administered through an IV drip and was discharged after just three hours once her symptoms subsided.
Weeks later she received a bill for $83,046
According to Arizona Republic, the anti-venom costs just $100 a dose at pharmacies in Mexico, suggesting the state’s hospitals are making a fortune.
The Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of the drug in the United States last year.
Tennessee-based Rare Disease Therapeutics sold the drug to a distributor for $3,500 per dose, and the distributor charged hospitals about $3,780 per dose.
