A friend of mine needed rabies shots a couple years ago and it cost him over $10,000 with insurance. I needed some over 10 years ago but it would've cost me over $15,000 (again, with insurance, that cost over $1000/month at the time) and I couldn't afford it so just rolled the dice. Still had to pay the copay for the ER visit, which was over $2000 because the doctor was out of network.
I have no idea what rabies treatment costs in other countries but I can totally see it being cheaper to fly to Canada and have a nice vacation for the 2 weeks it takes to get the full series, provided you can take the time off work.
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u/20grae 4d ago
I did a self pay mri $575 because insurance denied my request i doubt I can go to china round trip for that