I should say that it is all covered by insurance.  In that respect I'm fortunate.  I have $10 co-pay.  That's it.  There are a lot of people who got through all of this and then get stuck with an enormous bill when it is over. You know, since we'd all been waiting all morning in the office (a nice elderly man offered to take me to lunch if when got out of the dr. office), a lot of people began moaning about our system, and talking about single payer.  Politicians are insane if they think people are not flipping out about these things.  

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.