Let me ask you this. Does this hospital care for a lot of indigent people? Illegals? If so you have the reason the bills are so high, they are not a not-for-profit center and have to make up the short-fall to the bottom line with people like you or I who have insurance... and this is totally different from the subject of this article which is what doctors really earn.
I defended the good doctor.
But the cost of health care to those who actually pay the bills is way out of control which I do not blame on the doctor.
And yes, I'm sure there are many illegals treated that are a substantial burden here. This is central California about 15 miles from the coast...