California just passed a law prohibiting this. Yay, Golden State.

Hate to admit this based on other people’s experiences on this thread...had a baby in March at a Naval hospital- the bill we received when all said and done was $5.95. Husband bought the “celebratory” dinner that I got for free as a new mom. That was it- and it was an emergency C-Section.

This is the biggest and most insidious scam of the entire system. The same happened to me daughter was in the PICU for several days after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.