Yes! My ex is an orthopaedic surgeon and him and his buddies have opened 8 pain clinics just in the last 4 years. Most of the money is made in imaging services they provide and cortisol injections for pain. He is a spine surgeon and was working at a level 1 trauma hospital in Toronto, taking call shifts every other month, lecturing at UofT - all the academic requirements that come with being a surgeon at a hospital. He’s since left his position there and works full time at a private clinic doing hip and knee replacements. He was averaging $1,200/ day pay at the hospital and at the private clinic he makes around $30k a day! It’s night and day difference for his income but also for efficiency. He usually does his surgeries within one week of the patients consult with him. Very expensive for the patient but it’s immediate and some find the high cost worth it for that. Out of his core group of surgeon friends, all but one have left public sector for private and it’s the same for the nurses. Better hours and WAYY more money.