Table 7. Medicare Beneficiaries: Comparison of Prevailing Fee Indexes, FY 1975 with Medicare Average Allowed Charge Per Service Indexes, 1975.

Area of Residence	Specialist Fee Index1	Average Allowed Charge Index2
United States	100	100
Northeast	111	108
New England	–	–
Maine	80	78
New Hampshire	85	70
Vermont	80	76
Massachusetts	99	98
Rhode Island	95	94
Connecticut	103	120
Mid Atlantic	–	–
New York	132	117
New Jersey	112	107
Pennsylvania	94	102
North Central	90	96
East North Central	–	–
Ohio	88	78
Indiana	83	87
Illinois	103	108
Michigan	91	n.a.
Wisconsin	86	84
West North Central	–	–
Minnesota	85	94
Iowa	84	88
Missouri	88	88
North Dakota	79	70
South Dakota	77	83
Nebraska	80	92
Kansas	86	112
South	93	90
South Atlantic	–	–
Delaware	94	75
Maryland	101	115
District of Columbia	116	126
Virginia	87	92
West Virginia	80	76
North Carolina	86	85
South Carolina	85	82
Georgia	98	88
Florida	112	111
East South Central	–	–
Kentucky	76	78
Tennessee	88	78
Alabama	99	87
Mississippi	73	59
West South Central	–	–
Arkansas	89	66
Louisiana	94	92
Oklahoma	93	85
Texas	95	86
West	111	112
Mountain	–	–
Montana	87	79
Idaho	85	78
Wyoming	84	89
Colorado	87	101
New Mexico	87	97
Arizona	109	110
Utah	85	n.a.
Nevada	125	140
Pacific	–	–
Washington	96	100
Oregon	92	98
California	120	117
Alaska	132	121
Hawaii	95	105

¹Burney, I. L, G. J. Schleber, M. O. Blaxall, and J. R. Gabel, “Geographic Variations in Physicians' Fees,” JAMA, September 22, 1978 - Vol. 240. No. 13.

²Derived from Table 6 by dividing each State's average allowed charge by $15.34, the average allowed charge In the U.S.