What the hell is the point of a hospital if they don't help you? I've been in serious pain since…

What the hell is the point of a hospital if they don't help you? I've been in serious pain since about 7 at night, (my wisdom tooth socket) and nothing I tried worked. So finally at 1 in the morning i cave and call my mother in law and wake up my baby to take me to the er. While I know it isn't technically an emergency, I am in show much like on the 0 to 10 scale it was a 8 but because it was a non emergency I had to pay 150 dollars that I don't have to get relief. So now I get to stay up all night in pain and pray my dentist can do something for me in the morning. This shit sucks