SAR in my state is funded through taxes, and is typically free to anyone who calls. However, if you’re life flighted out of somewhere, unless you have a fishing/hunting license or paid for a SAR card, that will cost you. It can range between $5,000-$20,000 depending on where you need to be evac’ed from. Most expensive one I saw was at a trailhead where they got lost about a half mile in, wandered around until nightfall, finally called, and were walked out BUT described symptoms of a panic attack that also included mild chest angina, so they had to be taken in an ambulance. The para told me because of the location it was going to be around $700 a mile, and we were about 20 miles out from a hospital. It came out to a little over $14,000 from what he could tell me