Just shows how ridiculous medical costs ( tests to be exact ) are becoming. $2000 for a series of blood tests that have been standardized and somewhat automated past the sample retrieval.
Because the one time in one thousand the test is wrong John F'n Edwards or one of his stand-ins will sue the medical company for malpractice and cost them half a million dollars defending themselves.
Did she not have insurance? Labs are the place where health insurers cut back alot. I will see a $300 bill for a lab test and the insurer will only pay $22 because that is what is contracted for the test.
The woman should NOT have been told nor should she have gone to the ER for BLOOD TESTS. They cost in any ER is very high. Those tests probably would cost 250.00 if that at my clinic. Dumb.