I just recently had to purchase two rechargeable batteries for my Cochlear Implants...(Medical Device)
Two small batteries were $500.00
unbelievable...
They are priced as high as they can be... and they have not yet seen the price resistance point.
We somehow keep finding our own and others money to pay the bills. The price of medical services are based on what the traffic will bear and it works because not enough of us suffer the direct cost...
Those batteries are... just batteries... with gobs of product liability and other chit but the price is unrealistic.