A new report from Silicon Valley, Calif.-based Hospital Pricing Specialists shows the cost of one milligram of the common opioid overdose antidote naloxone hydrochloride is increasing at an alarming rate.
For instance, one hospital in Illinois changed the amount it charged patients for naloxone from $2 in 2013 to $165 in 2014 — a year-over-year jump of 8,150 percent. Although this hospital represents the largest spike recorded in the Hospital Pricing Specialists report, the average year-over-year increase across the country is still substantial.
Here are the areas with the largest year-over-year price increase for the antidote, according to the report.
1. Mississippi — 288 percent
2. Alaska — 256 percent
3. Washington, D.C. — 227 percent
4. Arkansas — 188 percent
5. Vermont — 165 percent
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