The 80 vials of antivenin it has taken to save 11-year-old Ben Smith from an eastern diamondback rattlesnake bite will produce one heck of a big bill, the Ocala Star-Banner Reports.
UF Health Shands Hospital can buy the only FDA-approved antivenin, CroFab, for about $2,200 a vial. But the hospital charges patients close to 10 times that for each vial. It’s unclear whether the family has insurance.
