Yeah, the thing is that our health insurance has a deductible still, and it's generally a percentage of the cost of the visit. Since prices aren't published, you have no idea how much anything will cost until afterwards. Even the doctors can't tell you how much anything will cost.

It reminds me of an old joke about things that don't have a listed price: "If you have to ask, you can't afford it." I think that mentality is really prevalent in the US when it comes to healthcare, regardless of how expensive the procedure would actually be.