Hospital incurs about $500,000 to treat late U.S. Ebola patient Eric Duncan - Analysts

Late Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the US but eventually died 10 days after, has a hospital bill that may reach half a million dollars, according to analysts. Treatment, quarantine, experimental drugs, blood transfusions, and body fluid maintenance coupled with expenses the hospital incurred taking the special case, may eventually total $500,000, Dan Mendelson, CEO of DC-based consulting firm Avalere Health, told Bloomberg News.

Other expenses taken into account are protective clothing for doctors and nurses, security, and the proper disposal of virus-contaminated items such as clothing, medical waste, and equipment.