I have written about numerous examples of abuse over the years. From anesthesiologist-owned lab that charged a Texas woman $17,850 dollars for urine drug screen that should have lost less than $100; to a Florida woman charged 15,242 for preventive injections in case she was exposed to rabies, 10 times what other facilities charged. There was the New York man whose assistant surgeon charged $117,000 for a service that Medicare would only have paid $850. Then there are air ambulance rides that cost $1,000 a mile. A Colorado woman was erroneously told her copay would be $1.337 but was later hit with a $230,000 surprise bill. When a jury said she did not owe it an appeals court ruled in favor of the hospital. There are examples of doctors charging hundreds to remove a splinter, claiming it meets the criteria of surgery. Some private equity-owned facilities charge double when a colonoscopy requires polyp removal. These examples are exceptional only in how common they are.