We sent our producer out to buy hand sanitizer.

You may be surprised by what we found.

The price for hand sanitizer at this pharmacy in New York City is insane.

I got charged nearly $33 for these three pens of hand sanitizer and look how much we got.

Important guys.

Water suppliers are charging us right now.

We were told the same thing at a pharmacy in Hoboken, New Jersey, where our producers got charged $22 for this 14 ounce bottle of hand sanitizer.

Compare that to two months ago, when we pay just $7 for a bottle of pure L more than twice the size pharmacies say it's not their fault.

It's the distributors who are raising their prices.

In the wake of covert 19 charges, 70 bucks should be there and maybe 10 minutes.

Producer Josh Bernstein posed as a buyer and contacted the distributor, Akron Generics, located at this sprawling warehouse on Long Island, and ordered 24 bottles of hand sanitizer.

You want to just bring it out?

We could keep our distance.

A worker rolled out a cart with two small cases of hand sanitizer worth $400.

There's each.

Now it's time for our producers to introduce themselves.

I'm actually a producer with Inside Edition.

Why are you guys charging so much for this generic hand sanitizer?

I'm not sure not really familiar with pricing.

Lord, are you trying to take advantage of people because of the epidemic?

We spoke with the owner of the company who says the high prices due to increase costs because of the pandemic.

But he says supply chain issues are clearing up, and he expects to be able to lower the price by 50%.