[jlmorton]

The article does not say it's a billing mistake, but it notes that NorthBay Healthcare lists a price online of $547.65 for a rabies vaccine. Surely human rabies immunoglobulin would be another $1,000, maybe more, but there is no chance on Earth that it is $100,000 each.

NorthBay Healthcare is a non-profit hospital.

This is a very, very obvious billing mistake. And while I have zero evidence for what I am about to say, I would be willing to bet that ABC7News did not even share the case they were preparing to discuss with the hospital. They just wanted to run the story, and so they asked the hospital for generic comment about a patient's large bill.

I've looked for follow-up to this two-month old story, and I can't find any. But I am sure it's a billing mistake.

[schemescape]

Thanks for pointing out that this article is not brand new. I’m curious to see if there is an eventual follow-up. If not, then that would be extremely disappointing.