It seems that you have visited the private section of Chulalongkorn Hospital. There is no doctor fee in the public hospital system of Thailand.

On 5/3/2023 at 5:51 PM, BuddyPish said:

Yep, the bastards tried to hit me for 25k for an MRI on my wrist.
If I knew they were going to try that on, I'd have gone to Samitivej around the corner from me in Phrom Phong. 
I don't mind paying for a specialist's expertise but a bloody mri is an mri, right?

In the end, I went to www.mrithailand.com 

Sorted for the princely sum of 8k

I don't think Sirirat is cheap, even for Thais. I've been there a few times but Im covered under my wife's civil servant medical benefits scheme. It's a very busy hospital, and will only go there if I get antoher kidney stone. I use local government hospitals for other things - all very cheap and don't pay for the meds. 

Only ever had relatively minor incidents and always at a government hospital,very cheap ,just a few hundred baht . Worst thing was a cracked metatarsal in Khanom where doctor consultation ,X ray and a cast was 1300 baht and all done in a couple of hours. I paid and got out quickly before in my mind they realised they’d undercharged! 
Only other experience was a much more complex operation for the missus by a very experienced surgeon at Yanee private hospital Bangkok involving 3 nights in a nice private room and follow up consultations. 80k baht . Again I thought that perfectly reasonable vs UK . Never really experienced any inordinate waiting times as I might in A & E in UK. So pretty satisfied in all ????