Originally Posted by kane

Your mentioning the other doctors reminds me of an interesting point. About a year and half ago I had some medical problems and was in the hospital for four days. When I first got there they had my admitting doctor handling things. He eventually handed me off to the doctor that did all the other care. The first day I was there I had about 3-4 different doctors come in, talk to me for a few minutes and take notes. When I asked if they were my doctor they said no they just wanted to see how I was doing.

When the bill came I saw that all of those doctors charged me about $200 each for a "consultation." It was a nice way for them to run up the bill.