I had somewhere between 16-20 ultrasounds. I had a high risk pregnancy and they were keeping a close eye on the baby. Each ultrasound cost around $700 plus the costs from the doctor and lab for reading the results. Luckily our insurance picked up the cost after we paid $2500 out of pocket. Even with all that expense my daughter was totally worth it and is perfect.
Part of the difficulty in answering this question is that depth and cause of coma may vary, and memory is impaired during coma so people might hear but not be able to recall what they hear. In brief: Hard to know. It is hard to know if people in a coma can hear you.
'I screamed, but there was nothing to hear': Man trapped in 23-year 'coma' reveals horror of being unable to tell doctors he was conscious. A car crash victim has spoken of the horror he endured for 23 years after he was misdiagnosed as being in a coma when he was conscious the whole time. Rom Houben, trapped in his paralysed body after a car crash, described his real-life nightmare as he screamed to doctors that he could hear them - but could make no sound.