That cost is outrageous.  The providers are responsible for that gouging.  If the insurers pay that, they become complicit.  There need to be limits on expenses and premiums.  Otherwise, there is no incentive for anyone to provide affordable care, and costs will just rise unabated.

And just think:  To get that $10,000.00 service, all a foreigner has to do is show up at an ER, and then the rest of us pay the bill.