You clearly forget the trial lawyers. Willie Geary went to court to enforce his bill that worked out to $11,000/hr and this was granted by the judge.
What is billed in medicine and what is collected are so far apart it is almost meaningless. The ER bill can be 4 grand and the insurance will only pay the hospital $500.
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