Nationwide Hospital Profile - "Charge Per Case"
			Medicare Patients		Commercial Patients
			Inpatient Average		Inpatient Average
	Rank	State	Charge Per Case		Charge Per Case
	1	Maryland	$8,994		$6,838
	2	Montana	$9,334		$7,097
	3	South Dakota	$9,579		$7,283
	4	Idaho	$9,691		$7,752
	5	West Virginia	$9,804		$7,454
	6	Wyoming	$9,858		$7,495
	7	Iowa	$9,926		$7,547
	8	Vermont	$10,374		$7,888
	9	North Dakota	$10,556		$8,026
	10	Oregon	$10,691		$8,129
	11	Arkansas	$10,876		$8,700
	12	Mississippi	$10,961		$8,334
	13	Washington	$11,056		$8,406
	14	Wisconsin	$11,359		$9,086
	15	Maine	$11,363		$8,640
	16	Kentucky	$11,458		$8,712
	17	Delaware	$11,603		$9,281
	18	Indiana	$11,643		$8,853
	19	North Carolina	$11,771		$8,950
	20	Ohio	$11,830		$8,995
	21	Nebraska	$11,968		$9,099
	22	New Mexico	$12,223		$9,294
	23	Utah	$12,231		$9,300
	24	Oklahoma	$12,344		$9,386
	25	Georgia	$12,456		$9,963
	26	Kansas	$12,572		$9,559
	27	New Hampshire	$12,619		$9,595
	28	Minnesota	$12,648		$9,617
	29	Tennessee	$12,732		$9,680
	30	Virginia	$12,945		$9,842
	31	Massachusetts	$13,257		$10,080
	32	Rhode Island	$13,266		$10,087
	33	Colorado	$13,520		$10,280
	34	Michigan	$13,846		$10,528
	35	South Carolina	$14,065		$10,694
	36	Alabama	$14,260		$11,406
	37	Missouri	$14,278		$10,856
	38	Alaska	$14,733		$11,202
	39	Connecticut	$15,049		$12,038
	40	Louisiana	$15,075		$11,462
	41	Illinois	$15,685		$11,926
	42	New York	$16,281		$13,023
	43	Pennsylvania	$16,669		$12,674
	44	Arizona	$16,853		$12,814
	45	Texas	$17,023		$12,943
	46	Florida	$17,102		$13,679
	47	Hawaii	$20,556		$16,443
	48	New Jersey	$21,370		$17,093
	49	California	$21,912		$17,527
	50	Nevada	$22,486		$17,097
	51	District of Columbia	$23,008		$18,403
	National Average		$13,485		$10,413
Medicare data: MEDPAR file from HCFA for FFY 1998
Commercial data: excludes Pediatric, Deliveries and Babies
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