Yes, there has been some inflation,
but far more significantly, in those days:

• Health care was not dominated by
  national corporations.
   
• Most hospitals were not for profit.
   
• Malpractice insurance was not an issue.
   
• Patients paid the doctor, pharmacist,
  and hospital directly.*
   
• There was not an endless amount of
  costly, high-tech equipment and
  systems available.
   
• Death was a more-accepted part of life.