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