Stories like this are not uncommon in so-called developed countries. Makes you realise why medical tourism industry does so well. From my own experience i would prefer to return to Guangzhou or Shanghai for procedures rather than anywhere else. Not really that much cheaper but at least i can determine up front the size of the bill. Added to that is that in spite of factory-scale medical care in China(remember there are basically no private medical practices - all doctors are linked with hospitals), they are actual (in my personal experience) quite caring and dont charge unnecessarily.

But as with all things YMMV.