I am having a problem with dollar signs getting removed on a markdown to docx conversion.

My markdown with "$10 to $65" shows in docx output as "0 to 5"

This is pandoc version 2.9.2.1

Here is the command I am running:

pandoc -f markdown+multiline_tables+hard_line_breaks+mmd_title_block --reference-doc=refDoc.docx --output=tmp.docx tmp.txt"

Any idea how to fix? I don't see anything in version notes to suggest upgrading pandoc from my current version would address an issue with dollar signs. I've become aware of tex_math_dollars extension, but documentation seems to suggest my input formatting should be exempted from this.

Thanks.