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I’m going to chime in with how it’s done in BC, Canada. It’s a very large ambulance service relative anyway considering it covers the entire province.
These are about decade old figures, but you get the idea.
Healthcare here is free except for little bits that aren’t. An ambulance trip to the hospital isn’t free, but it’s heavily subsidized and usually I believe able to be waived based on a sane argument of need or via benefits plans etc.
An ambulance ride to the hospital is/was $850 for a non-resident. Say a visitor from Antarctica or Washington. Flat, there’s so difference or accounting for if the ambulance gets torn apart throwing everything at you or you just slept.
This is way less if you don’t go to the hospital. I don’t remember exactly but I think between $150, $350, and the paperwork was missing your details. Somewhere in there.
For residents the trip to the hospital is heavily subsidized, but lacking any benefits or whatever it’s $80. I don’t know about the non-transport, but yeah.