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[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 38 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Bullshit. I got an ambulance ride 10 years ago, 15 minutes and they billed me $2,200.

Helicopter would be way more expensive.

[–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Ironically, search and rescue services in the USA are usually done by volunteers and park rangers, and typically free

Yes if they put you in a helicopter it’s gonna be expensive, like $10k, but 99% of the time S&R won’t cost you anything. They’d prefer you call when the situation isn’t so dire instead of waiting until it gets really bad because you are scared of the cost.

[–] The_Lurker@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

It depends. Some state police or local government have S&R helicopters for use. They're typically cheaper by an order of magnitude than a commercial medivac heli. Or so I was advised by a DPS officer.