Medical care -- more than the surgeon's fee

Much has been made about the cost of medical care and "the benefits of medical tourism." Well, to quote an old professor -- "it is a little more complicated than that."

The price/cost? That's getting easier to find. Here's the reported cost of a heart transplant --

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_a_heart_transplant_cost

Is that enough?

Of course not. So many other factors -- pre-surgery, your GP, after-surgery.

Complicated. Not atom-splitting. But not simple, either.