I've seen more than a few $100,000 bills for surgeries. The fee paid to the surgeon is something like 2-4% on the ones I've seen. So, a few grand to save someo

I've seen more than a few $100,000 bills for surgeries. The fee paid to the surgeon is something like 2-4% on the ones I've seen. So, a few grand to save someone's life. I don't think they're paid so much at all. What they are paid seems more than earned to me. We might instead ask why so little of the money paid for procedures seems to be paid to the doctors, and so much to the medical bureaucracy. Most of what people complain about isn't the plumber charging $500 to fix plumbing, so to speak, but why the Plumbing Center adds another $40,000 to the bill and itemizes things like "$50 Miscellaneous Paper Towels".