Nationwide Hospital Profile - "Average Charge/Day"
			Medicare Patients		Commercial Patients
			Inpatient Average		Inpatient Average
	Rank	State	Charge Per Day		Charge Per Day
	1	Maryland	$1,389		$1,410
	2	West Virginia	$1,527		$1,551
	3	New York	$1,564		$1,805
	4	Mississippi	$1,647		$1,672
	5	Arkansas	$1,690		$1,951
	6	South Dakota	$1,731		$1,758
	7	Vermont	$1,738		$1,765
	8	New Hampshire	$1,770		$1,797
	9	Massachusetts	$1,787		$1,814
	10	Iowa	$1,789		$1,817
	11	North Carolina	$1,809		$1,836
	12	North Dakota	$1,814		$1,842
	13	Delaware	$1,842		$2,125
	14	Oklahoma	$1,865		$1,893
	15	Kentucky	$1,899		$1,927
	16	Rhode Island	$1,899		$1,928
	17	Montana	$1,913		$1,943
	18	Maine	$1,916		$1,946
	19	Indiana	$1,923		$1,953
	20	Washington	$1,953		$1,982
	21	Ohio	$1,963		$1,993
	22	Tennessee	$1,972		$2,002
	23	Virginia	$1,991		$2,022
	24	Nebraska	$2,006		$2,037
	25	Wisconsin	$2,008		$2,317
	26	Georgia	$2,011		$2,321
	27	Kansas	$2,011		$2,042
	28	Wyoming	$2,030		$2,061
	29	South Carolina	$2,031		$2,062
	30	Idaho	$2,038		$2,351
	31	New Mexico	$2,120		$2,152
	32	Michigan	$2,123		$2,156
	33	Louisiana	$2,130		$2,162
	34	Connecticut	$2,251		$2,598
	35	Minnesota	$2,261		$2,296
	36	Missouri	$2,300		$2,335
	37	Oregon	$2,302		$2,337
	38	Texas	$2,333		$2,369
	39	Alabama	$2,340		$2,701
	40	Utah	$2,391		$2,427
	41	Pennsylvania	$2,400		$2,437
	42	Colorado	$2,441		$2,478
	43	Alaska	$2,476		$2,514
	44	Hawaii	$2,484		$2,867
	45	Illinois	$2,513		$2,551
	46	New Jersey	$2,550		$2,943
	47	Florida	$2,729		$3,150
	48	District of Columbia	$2,876		$3,320
	49	Arizona	$3,174		$3,222
	50	Nevada	$3,431		$3,483
	51	California	$3,741		$4,317
	National Average		$2,135		$2,250
Medicare data: MEDPAR file from HCFA for FFY 1998
Commercial data: excludes Pediatric, Deliveries and Babies
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