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And copper tone water babies spf 50. youll notice walmart, target, not necessarily the most expensive ones. and actually we have some examples here that ill show you that show you these price differences. and for example, heres one kiss my face, $3.96 an ounce. $3.96 an ounce. versus this hawaiian tropic which is $1.5 an ounce. now theres nothing wrong with the kiss my face. they just said that it gives actually less protection for more money. we reached out to the kiss my face folks and they sa...

With a million exclamation points. can you explain what is behind the price differences? >> a lot of it has to do with the fact like we reported in our march 4th issue, medicaid operates on the theory that nonprofit is not for profit. they fold in details like overhead whooshtion d overhead, what it costs to keep the lights on and arrive at a reasonable figure. hospitals, when they decide what to charge outside the medicare structure rely on a double secret pricing menu called the charge master,...

$17. another example plavix is $180 bucks at cvs and at costc oo $1. >> we have been doing this secret shopper survey for a number of years. this was the most shocking, actually, really most surprising results we have ever seen. those price differences do reflect at least two different things. stores use their pharmacies, kind of different ways. some stores like rite-aid and cvs are meant to generate a lot of revenue and proft for the stores and thats fine. you see it reflected in high prices. s...

At cvs, lipitor $150, and at costco, $15. and then we are talking to the consumer editor, lisa gill. why the discrepancy in price? >> we have been doing the secret shopper survey for a number of years and this was the most -- really the most surprising results we have ever seen. those price differences talk about two different things. stores use their pharmacies in different ways. stores like cvs, they are meant to generate a lot of revenue and profit for the stores and thats fine. you see it re...

And singulair. another example, cvs is $180, at costco, $15. i asked lisa gill about the huge difference between the drug prices. >> i have to say, weve been doing this secret shopper survey a number of years and this was the most shocking -- actually, really most surprising results weve ever seen. those price differences do reflect at least two different things. stores use their pharmacies kind of different ways. some stores like rite aid, cvs, theyre meant to generate a lot of revenue, a lot o...

Consumer trying to compare prices over the telephone find such incredible price differences, i think, is very notable and worth considering when youre shopping for medication. >> now, the parents of the woman who admitted to killing her boyfriend open up in a just released police interrogation video. you wont believe what jodi arias parents had to say about their own daughter. we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone whos lived well into their 90s....

Market plunge this week that briefly sent the dow jones into a plunge of about 1,000 points. cnbcs steve liesman is here in the studio to talk to me about it. hes sitting down because hes the man usually with the answers. have you got it figured out yet? >> im still working on it as are officials by the way who dont know 48 hours or so later what happened. >> okay. what do we think happened? what do we know did not happen? hows that? >> the original thing was the fat-finger idea, that somebody w...