Last few years - prices have been stable 2022, 2023, 2024. All ranging between $145 and $155ish. 3% increases every year is about 5 bucks or so.
Of course the world saw massive inflation between 2020 and 2022.
Rough estimate through 2023, adjusted for inflation vs. 2023 dollar (around last summer)
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Data that I used. First column is year, second column is actual cost, third column is inflation factor, last column is 2023 value.
2000 | $46 | 1.76 | $80.96 |
2001 | $48 | 1.71 | $82.08 |
2002 | $50 | 1.69 | $84.50 |
2003 | $52 | 1.66 | $86.32 |
2004 | $52 | 1.60 | $83.20 |
2005 | $60 | 1.56 | $93.21 |
2006 | $63 | 1.50 | $94.50 |
2007 | $71 | 1.46 | $103.66 |
2008 | $75 | 1.39 | $104.25 |
2009 | $79 | 1.41 | $111.39 |
2010 | $82 | 1.40 | $114.80 |
2011 | $85 | 1.35 | $114.75 |
2012 | $89 | 1.33 | $118.37 |
2013 | $95 | 1.30 | $123.50 |
2014 | $99 | 1.28 | $126.72 |
2015 | $105 | 1.27 | $133.35 |
2016 | $110 | 1.26 | $138.60 |
2017 | $115 | 1.24 | $142.60 |
2018 | $119 | 1.21 | $143.99 |
2019 | $125 | 1.19 | $148.75 |
2020 | $125 | 1.18 | $147.50 |
2021 | $135 | 1.12 | $151.20 |
2022 | $145 | 1.03 | $149.35 |
2023 | $150 | | $150 |