A doctor's need to be right is almost as important as his need to be rich.
Rich????????????
I just put in a prosthesis that took 4 hours surgery time. My fee is regulated at just under $1500. This fee includes my preoperative evaluation, the surgery and 90 days of follow up visits. Oh yeah I also went through premed, med and post med training.
The salesman( a 20 something pleasant chap) for the prosthesis drove off after the procedure making $5k for his morning "work".