If you knew how they came up with anti-venom, you would understand the price. People build up an immunity to the venom by subjecting themselves to it in extremely diluted doses. They build up the immunity (has to do with the T and B white blood cells, and the formation of memory cells). They then give blood, which contains the white blood cells that destroy the venom. Remember that there are 3 types of blood, A, B, and O (an AB person can take any blood type), and then you need to find out if the indiidual is positive or neg (ex O+ or AB-). So seeing that these people put themselves in deaths hands just to make these anti-venoms, I can understand the cost.
