Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100428:16:47:00
>> reporter: i'm here at johns hopkins hospital in baltimore, maryland. now, let's say that they brought someone in here who just had a heart attack. it costs a certain amount of money to treat that person. the drugs, the nurses, all of that. now, hopkins like other hospitals on top of that charges a profit margin, a mark-up, if you will. and now to talk about these mark-ups i'm here with professor jir regard a girard anderson. how much of a mark-up do you charge? >> 21%. >> reporter: other hospitals and other states in the country, do they also charge a 21% mark-up? >> no, only maryland does ...
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