Got to realize that's the basic visit fee, with no procedures. The visit is short and 4 or 5 patients can be present in examining rooms at once. Any kind of procedure (especially for Medicare, a little less for Medicaid) and the reimbursement goes way up. That's why we see the ophthalmologist in Florida collecting $20 million a year in Medicare reimbursements.
On the other at $600-700 for hospital care, you’re talkin’ cool cash. If she had been sick, I betcha those same 96 doctors would banging at door asking her for her phone number.