IPhone purchase via Sprint & fees particular to Sprint for that purchase?

Hi --
I hope it's appropriate to post this question here. I suppose I could post it on the Sprint site as well, but folks on here, in my experience, generally know what's what.
I went through the checkout process to purchase an iPhone 4S via Sprint for $199 (it's the 16GB model). So non-discounted cost is $649.
So, I realize one probably has to pay taxes on the non-discounted price. But at checkout, Sprint had assessed taxes "and other related" fees & surcharges of $71.09, which is higher than the sales tax of CA State and LA City, even if one were being assessed tax on the $649 price.
Does anyone know if Apple's tax rate for purchase at a retail store is the same rate as Sprint's via the latter's website?
I ask because I dislike the idea of having any sort of "hidden" surcharges built into the price if such surcharges are being assessed by particular to Sprint that wouldn't be assesed by Apple.
I know the $199 price is the same via Apple but I'm not sure the "surcharges" would be. Does anyone know? If I can save a few bucks by avoiding a direct purchase by Sprint, I'm all for it.
Thank you for your time,
JC
PS. I qualify for the upgrade with a 2 year increase in my contract. It's a 4 phone business plan with all data and appears not to change should I change to the iPhone from my current Motorola, unless of course I want to pay an increased monthly fee to use the iPhone as a tethered device.

sprint has an upgrade fee, i believe it's currently $36, so that may be part of it.

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like the differnence between wimaxx and lte
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