Re. the comment about ER equipment costs, I think people wouldn't be so mad if ER's didn't amortize the cost over every service they provide during a stay (like

Re. the comment about ER equipment costs, I think people wouldn't be so mad if ER's didn't amortize the cost over every service they provide during a stay (like charging $40 for a tylenol equivalent) and instead billed simple services as reasonably as possible and put the bulk of the cost into the stay itself. Is there any reason why they don't do that? If they do that, then people can easily see that an ER costs money to operate due to the equipment and that the bulk of the payment they are making is towards that.