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My wife did a full fetal ultrasound on a latest Samsung machine (they're awesome, btw), with consultation - total cost around 100 euros. Fully private w/o insurance. We could've gone via insurance, and then it would've been absolutely free (well, included with work insurance) but machine used with them doesn't offer as high resolution or have as many capabilities (volumetric reconstruction and other imaging wonders).

This is in Croatia, so what gives? Pay scale for doctors are around 4x as much at Stanford Hospital, and machines cost about the same, Croatia also has a higher tax, but bay area has higher costs. ~60x higher costs? I don't think so, nor do I remember it so. I don't remember Palo Alto having any better basic medical services than here in Croatia either. Was that the price for ultrasound alone? Sounds outrageous.