It all depends on the rescue. Some adoption fees are as low as $65 (I've even seen $12 once!), and for small, purebred puppies, I've seen them as high as $850. I think that $850 is very high, but a lot of times rescues use highly adoptable dogs to off-set costs for dogs that are less adoptable.
A rescue I foster for charges anywhere from $350 - $450. They ship the dogs up from Louisiana (to Canada), spay/neuter the dogs, microchip them, vaccinate them, heartworm test (and often treat) them, and sometimes tattoo them. Of course, there's the situations like my foster who bring up a huge medical bill, then don't make it.
Panna cost me $100 (then I had to fly her up here on top of that) and Cannelle didn't cost me anything (I foster for the rescue and they asked me to adopt her), but I gave $250 since she was a very expensive little dog to treat.
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I have seen chi puppies go for $900 though on Petfinder. Sometimes I wonder if people are just trying to sell them under a rescue coverup.
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Unfortuately, I definitely wouldn't be surprised a lot of the time.