C-Section costs vary by an order of magnitude at the same hospital (wsj.com)

We paid around 10k out of pocket for our first child, I think we were both making about 30k at the time -- something like fifteen bucks an hour in the early 2000s.

A good friend, an illegal immigrant and co worker at the time, paid zero. At the the time I saw the good in it. Im not so sure where I land now.