A 5 minutes ride cost 1500.- (more or less the same in USD)
Because I had used a good broker to pick my insurance plan, I was left with “only” 500.- to pay out of pocket for the ride.
In Quebec, as a resident, going 3 blocks in the ambulance cost us about 500 CAD if I remember correctly.
He was billed 600$.
The paramedics' judgment as to whether he should or shouldn't have isn't the debate here. They likely made the safe call.
I guess I made the right call because I fainted in the ER later from blood loss.
If it’s an accident (ie sudden, unavoidable, unpredictable, more or less) it’s great because you have nothing to pay, you don’t even need to worry about the bill and there is no deductible and everything is covered no questions asked.
If it’s a disease, then it’s the regular insurance rules which can be quite arcane and you’re never sure what’s going to be covered and how much.
My transport was from adverse consequences of a surgery and so they deemed it not an accident, and that’s why I had to pay.