19 To kick-start the chip's use in people, Applied Digital will provide $650 scanners free at 200 of the nation's trauma centers. In pets, implanting the chip runs about $50. For humans, it would cost $150 to $200, said Angela Fulcher, an Applied Digital sp! okeswoman. Fulcher could not say whether the cost of data storage a nd encrypted transmission of medical information would be passed on to..