[codegeek]

This is not good for you in long term. This is how the insurance mafia operates and why everything is so expensive. U maybhave a so called "good" insurance but someone is paying somewhere. A 90k bill should not be a thing regardless.

[nradov]

There are certainly examples of outrageous and abusive billing practices; policy makers should do more to reign those in. But a single MRI machine can cost $3M. Weeks in an ICU can burn up hundreds of hours of staff time. It's easy to see how the bill for a complex episode of care can exceed $90K even when the provider organization isn't making a profit.