A video showing a man escaping from an ambulance has caught the attention of netizens around the world and has sparked a debate about costs related to healthcare in the US.

The video of the incident was posted on TikTok by Meredith Scharinger with the caption 'Bucks in 6 Baby'. The clip has now been viewed over 8 million times.

The short clip shows a man in khaki shorts and a white t-shirt receiving medical attention by being placed by an EMT in the back of an ambulance stretcher trolley. But suddenly, the man gets up from the stretcher, leaps out of the ambulance, and starts running on the street.

He makes a short run towards a bar but ends up colliding with a waiter who drops his tray.

It is believed the man was highly intoxicated but didn't want medical attention. Netizens watched the video and many expressed their admiration for the man, linking it o the steep cost of health insurance.

It remains unclear why the man ran away from the ambulance. But netizens are convinced it was to avoid paying any medical fee.

A trip in an ambulance can cost $450, according to reports. If one is airlifted, the cost can go up to $21,000.

A user wrote, "He didn’t want the $900 ambulance bill." Another person said, ‘Americans when they realise they got no health insurance."

"Imagine the waiter trying to explain what happened to his manager," wrote a third user.

The clip has also been widely circulated on Facebook and Twitter.