By cbhl
The numbers you need are in the article: $10M loss over 8 years (2007-present), ~45 cases/year.
In order to break even, they need to increase the cost of a course of treatment by about ~$28k/patient.
The new price doubles the price to about ~$50k/patient, which is still short of this number (but bleeding $3k*45 patients = $135k/year is much more manageable than bleeding $1M dollars a year).
See more about this article by clicking the link here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10255794
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