> Doctors are well paid in the US but they are typically not rich.

What doctors do you know? My friends who are just getting out of residency and such are making a few hundred thousand a year. My college roommate’s father was an anesthesiologist making $800k/year.

Just because they don’t draw attention to themselves with ostentatious vehicles doesn’t mean they couldn’t afford to (the anesthesiologist only had a Porsche for each of his kids).

The first result on google (that I don't particularly vouch for) seems more in line with what I would expect:

https://www.sokanu.com/careers/doctor/salary/

So between $200k-400k depending on seniority and speciality. It's not really outrageous compared to other, highly educated professions.

Not outrageous, but that puts all of them in the top 4% of US incomes, and after a decade or two of that basically all should be counting a few million in assets. That’s rich and far, far beyond average in this country let alone the world. Compare to other first world nations where doctors typically make half that (or less), but probably aren’t saddled with the unreasonable educational expenses.

As I said, I don’t think they’re actually charging that much — negotiation with insurance is expected, with like 80% reductiond to initial price. They’re still paid very well ofc, but I think complaining about the high initial bills itself is a red herring, because no one involved expects that amount to actually materialize