A $20 co-pay can buy OxyContin that brings as much as $3,000 on the street
“Theodore’s patients were allegedly charged $400 to $500 for an office visit at Advanced Pain & Weight Management, at 1787 E. Fort Union Blvd., then given a prescription for OxyContin. After the prescription was filled under the patient’s insurance, a recruiter allegedly would buy part or all of it from them, re-selling the pills at street value. . .
. . . 90 percent of his caseload involves people ‘utilizing their health insurance to get the drug because it is so expensive.'”
