Hmmmm what sort of tape are you buying, Herb? If it's the pink extra tape that Jim uses sometimes I got some at the medical supply store here in town (and we live in a very expensive town in SW FL) for $8 per roll? Makes me wonder what sort of tape? Yes, the supplies are expensive and I am very grateful I did my homework when it came time to consider supplements to Jim's Medicare last yr when he went on it. We use plan F and it's very good. I wonder who you are ordering from? Maybe that's it the supplier. I do know that Jim needs to use Foley caths on his "innie stoma" for his IC and they are expensive and M'care won't pay for them because he doesn't have a bladder to catherize. Nope but he needs the fistula that connects his opening Innie into the IC he has or it can close. So, I went online seeking caths at a decent price and found best buy catheters and they shipped within 2 days at a very agreeable price of $1.13 per cath which are used once at appliance change time. The medical supply store charged me $14 per when I went there. Not gonna happen. The caths I purchased are sterile (Jim had several serious UTIs and I think it was due to home sterilzation of caths) and work well. We just purchase these and are grateful to the insurances we purchase..,.without them we probably would be bankrupt by now. His RC surgery/Hosp stau was billed out at over $100,000. WOW!!! We are blessed!