| frac | = | fraction of Federal payment that is labor related, |
| wageindex | = | wage index for the hospital, |
| cola | = | cost-of-living adjustment for the hospital (this is 1 everywhere except Alaska and Hawaii), |
| dsh | = | payment rate for disproportionate share at the hospital, and |
| ime | = | payment rate for the indirect cost of medical education at the hospital. |