That was at Bankok Hospital Pattaya Branch. My drug charge for that one prescription was about 240 $. Outside it was 24 $. That's not just 'more expensive' that's gouging. They told me my stay would be about 28,000. There were no complications. The bill was 80,000. I got in their faces for about 2 hours and they brought it down to 55,000.
Some things aren't bad. To go to Pattaya International Hospital and see a general practitioner is only 250 baht. - about $7.50. Here in Samui the same thing that Bangkok Hospital Pattaya charges 300 baht for costs 1000. The fact that there are so many tourists jacks up the price. Also there are 3 tiers of payment. Thai's pay much less for everything. Then resident foreigners pay quite a bit more, (but you have to ask). Then tourists really get charged - big time! I spent 58,000 for 2 nights and 1 proceedure. I helped a Thai lady (financially) to give birth. She spent 5 nights, underwent major surgery - a cesarean section, and they took care of the baby too. Total bill, including a few doctor visits before with ultrasound was 40,000 baht. What would happen if MacDonalds in the US charged you say 50% more for a meal because you were black? Litigation, that's what. But double pricing? That is the norm here.

To be absolutely honest there are some reasons I don't want to have my bowel removed in Thailand. I'm afraid of malpractice in a country where there is no accountability. I'm afraid of incompetence by medical personel that want to just get it done and out of the way, and I wouldn't be surprised if I heard a story of a person with a lot of money going for a simple operation, and being turned into a vegetable. That would be a steady source of income with relatively little work involved. You might think this last a little far fetched, but this is in a country where babies are stolen and blinded or maimed so they can provide their 'keepers' with a life of ease with the profits from begging.

For what it's worth they say Bumrungrad in Bangkok is the best. A lot of the doctors there are trained in the US and Europe. But it is expensive. Even so do a google on Bumrungrad and Death and see what appears. Buzzer.