PRODUCT AVERAGE TRUE COST LITIGATION RETAIL PRICE TAX Eight-foot aluminum ladder $119.33 $94.47 $23.86 Heart pacemaker 18,000.00 15,000.00 3,000.00 Motorized wheelchair 1,000.00 830.00 170.00 One-night hotel bill 113.95 113.30 .65 Regulation baseball 6.00 5.82 .18 Roller blades 190.75 185.03 5.72 Ski-lift ticket 40.00 38.00 2.00 Tonsillectomy (doctor’s fee) 578.00 387.00 191.00 Two-day maternity stay 3,367.00 2,867.00 500.00