This is not good comparison. The quality standards required for medicine in US is much higher than india. Earning amounts are also different. Not to mention, Even in India, when hospital know that you are claiming insurance they charge different rates. For a small local anesthetic surgery, which can be done in OPD, the doctor said it has to be one day admission, when he realized i have insurance. The charges would have been 30K. I went to another doctor, who did that in OPD and charged me 900.
when claims are processed thru insurance, they charge a higher rate. The western countries also mandate something called generics. India tried doing that, and has been met with fierce opposition from doctors.
We are a poor country. People go to gvmt hospital becuase, most of us are one hospitalization from bankruptcy.
