Yes, it can be upwards of tens of thousands for the initial 5150 - the ambulance ride (in which you'll likely have two of - one to a hospital, one to a ward) ca

Yes, it can be upwards of tens of thousands for the initial 5150 - the ambulance ride (in which you'll likely have two of - one to a hospital, one to a ward) can be $1500 alone. And, because we're in the U.S., if you do have slightly decent insurance, a fair amount of centers people will be sent to will literally work to keep you in there as long as your insurance keeps paying. It's an absolutely special sort of fucked up that doesn't have a fraction of the light shed upon it that it should. I've been friends with more than one person that have worked in psych wards for more than a year and the blatant fraud they tell me of is just insane.