[quote=@Host] For the amount of time they go to medical school and the lives they save, they deserve it. Like I said, you can take the Canada route that you did, but you'll die waiting. And based on what are they expensive, other than your perception of how much they should cost? [/quote] The procedure for testing the blood. Taking the blood is simple enough, and I consider that each individual test couldn't possibly be so complex or resource-heavy as to warrant up to two to three hundred dollars.