[geraldwhen]

That price pays for the parking deck, security, janitors, nurses to administer the bag, needle disposal, IT, admin salaries, the hospital building itself, etc etc.

An urgent care can probably administer an IV. If that’s all you need, go there. They are far cheaper and not as lavish (or equipped) as hospitals.

[kaesar14]

It’s crazy how every other western country also has those things and yet… no 50 dollar saline bags. Keep defending graft though