Betrixaban vs Lovenox Cost
According to drugs.com the cost of generic lovenox is about $40 a dose for 30mg of .3 ml. The cost of Betrixaban is $14 per pill at list price. Therefore, the cost for 6 days of lovenox is $240 vs 42 days of Betrixaban at list price of $588. Considering it is not likely hospitals are paying list price I will assign a 20% discount. This brings the cost to somewhere around $470 per treatment.
Betrixaban has a decreased rate of VTE of ~20%, statistically no increase of bleeding, and shot vs oral. An approximate cost difference of $230 per treatment appears to be a simple choice, considering the one fewer VTE event will return the additional cost of Betrixaban 100x or more.