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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I used to work in blood diagnostics. At the time each test from a kit was pennies to make but the labs would buy it for dollars who would charge doctors tens of dollars who would charge patients hundreds of dollars. These are automated systems btw so your sample is centrifuged and then put in a rack and the system does the rest (this happens at the lab, your doctor just labels and packages it and sends it out).