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I don't speak to represent all doctors. These are my own thoughts.
The poster should do some homework before posting.
Doctor can't charge what we want. Unlike most any other business (this is a business-not a charity) our rates are dictated by insurance companies and the government. Yes rates are based on what medicare (a government program) is willing to pay. There are some services we provide (because it is the right thing to do) that we lose money on. How many businesses do that?

We have to justify every billing we do-every one for every doctor. They are audited regularly to make sure what is done is justified.

As the cost of doing business goes up (pay raises for employess, cost of paper, cost of computers, repairs, malpractice) the charges remain flat or in the case of Medicare potentially go down (20% cuts threatened every year.)

The mechanic analogy is valid. If he didn't stand to earn your business and sell you brakes and charge you labor at whatever he wises to set that rate at he would not look at your brakes. He is not in this for charity either.

How many of you go into your employer and give your time for free. "The economy is bad so why don't you just not pay me for a few hours this week." You don't do this because you consider your time/energy worth something. My time is worth something to me.

Malpractice cost are a problem because when some patients don't get what they want or things don't end like a disney movie ending they are calling a lawyer.
Fine you want it that way, somehow that insurance has to be paid.

Good look finding Dr McDreamy-Schweitzer-Doolittle or whatever you want.