15 years ago I was in a auto accident, rear ended by someone not paying attention (on cell phone). I had to stay in the hospital almost a week and a half. The first week was to stay and be monitored before surgery would be preformed.
A few years later I had gall bladder surgery, went in at 7 am was out my 5 pm the same day.
My ex-daughter in law had knee surgery twice and was in and out the same day. My father had at least 3 hernia operations while I was growing up, his hospital stay was at least a week each time. Not to mention his stays when he would almost amputate the same two fingers at least every two years. Dad was a journeyman Machinist and when he cleaned his lathe of metal scraps some would get wrapped around either middle finger and cut it to the bone.
In the county hospital where I grew up, if you didn't have insurance your stay was less a friend told me. I don't know if that is true or not. When I was 16 and ready to give birth to my oldest son (he will be 40 this year), I was in the hospital for 2 weeks the bill came to around 10 grand my insurance company said. When my youngest was born 18 years ago, the bill was 25k for 3 days and that included a c-section.