True, but it should be possible to say the average cost is $10,000 according to the last N similar operations. In the event of something abnormal occurring, you might require an extra $25,000 for this and that, and if the shit hits the fan, expect $250,000 for extreme lifesaving effort.
To give some color. I haven't heard that marginal costs are ~$5000/day, I have heard they are closer to $20k/day. Granted other procedures were involved, but one ECMO stay was over $12M for 4 months. That is closer to $100k/day.
How many other people could you save (even within the same healthcare system) for that kind of money? These long tails have huge impacts on insurance costs.
Note that some of the life-saving operations listed above a) cost significantly more than $500k and b) are related to ailments that will likely stop you from working on AwesomeApply.io or whatever it is for a potentially indefinite period of time.
Would this really be cheaper? It's an awful lot of man hours committed to just one area vs. a centralized one that can dedicate the time/effort/resources accordingly based on needs and corresponding urgency.
Also one of the bigger question would still be how would these EMTs have their equipment with them + how would quality of care be ensured?
I think you're very confused about the costs required in operating a human... Or are you assuming because the human was going to be doing it anyway the cost is free?
You're correct. The question is what is the cost passed on to consumers. If it is something on the order of the cost of medical malpractice insurance and average settlements, well, wow. That would make AV prohibitively expensive.
More likely the bar for level 4 will just be significantly higher than parity with human error, if only for liability reasons.
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