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There's a lot of problems with the American healthcare system, but one of the benefits to providers being businesses is that you can refuse to pay for services they don't actually provide.
They'd charge you for being present in the room, let alone receiving consultation. If they can bill it, they will.
Reminds me of the innkeeper from Les Misérables
After surgery while recovering in a teaching hospital the doctors came through with a boatload of residents who did nothing but watch and listen. I later found out that every single one of those residents billed for each visit.