Code G2067. Medicare covered 868,503 of these. Here is what providers billed and what Medicare allowed, state by state.
Providers in Mississippi billed the most for this, at $485.61. In Nevada the average was $75.41. Same procedure code, same programme.
These are Medicare figures. The billed column is what providers asked for. The allowed column is what Medicare agreed to pay. Neither is what an uninsured patient gets charged, and neither is what a private insurer negotiates.
The gap between the two columns is the point. A hospital billing three times what Medicare allows tells you the billed number was never a price. It was an opening position.
| State | Billed | Medicare allowed | Gap | Services |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | $485.61 | $237.55 | 2.0x | 1,301 |
| New Hampshire | $447.94 | $253.39 | 1.8x | 12,953 |
| Alaska | $441.44 | $303.87 | 1.5x | 3,051 |
| Florida | $435.11 | $250.29 | 1.7x | 18,269 |
| Missouri | $429.41 | $244.56 | 1.8x | 3,343 |
| South Carolina | $387.47 | $235.61 | 1.6x | 8,777 |
| Virginia | $385.17 | $249.95 | 1.5x | 12,047 |
| Georgia | $354.22 | $247.00 | 1.4x | 15,331 |
| Ohio | $344.49 | $242.85 | 1.4x | 9,811 |
| New Jersey | $331.30 | $267.74 | 1.2x | 29,806 |
| Maine | $328.69 | $240.48 | 1.4x | 11,060 |
| Kentucky | $327.84 | $238.94 | 1.4x | 12,408 |
| Minnesota | $315.62 | $242.27 | 1.3x | 11,794 |
| New Mexico | $311.73 | $244.07 | 1.3x | 7,537 |
| Connecticut | $311.15 | $262.76 | 1.2x | 18,143 |
| North Carolina | $308.69 | $225.60 | 1.4x | 17,035 |
| Montana | $307.58 | $254.49 | 1.2x | 1,846 |
| Pennsylvania | $303.54 | $229.11 | 1.3x | 29,333 |
| North Dakota | $302.10 | $250.30 | 1.2x | 1,190 |
| Oregon | $292.70 | $249.78 | 1.2x | 12,711 |
| Hawaii | $286.79 | $244.73 | 1.2x | 1,483 |
| New York | $281.90 | $251.80 | 1.1x | 40,538 |
| Massachusetts | $281.09 | $265.37 | 1.1x | 86,145 |
| Colorado | $279.94 | $258.38 | 1.1x | 7,443 |
| Michigan | $278.75 | $246.17 | 1.1x | 21,655 |
| Maryland | $275.27 | $257.06 | 1.1x | 65,123 |
| Indiana | $274.12 | $238.84 | 1.1x | 12,638 |
| Oklahoma | $273.29 | $240.22 | 1.1x | 6,019 |
| District of Columbia | $271.21 | $265.91 | 1.0x | 3,968 |
| Wisconsin | $271.03 | $242.94 | 1.1x | 12,175 |
| Illinois | $268.59 | $244.29 | 1.1x | 13,567 |
| Washington | $267.84 | $253.57 | 1.1x | 18,227 |
| Texas | $262.81 | $195.31 | 1.3x | 14,388 |
| Rhode Island | $259.58 | $252.39 | 1.0x | 5,061 |
| Utah | $253.61 | $217.11 | 1.2x | 3,094 |
| Idaho | $251.39 | $240.78 | 1.0x | 1,249 |
| Kansas | $251.32 | $238.79 | 1.1x | 2,493 |
| Louisiana | $247.50 | $242.67 | 1.0x | 4,619 |
| West Virginia | $245.41 | $239.97 | 1.0x | 7,073 |
| Tennessee | $245.31 | $238.79 | 1.0x | 11,200 |
| Vermont | $245.18 | $229.94 | 1.1x | 9,790 |
| Nebraska | $244.62 | $239.56 | 1.0x | 659 |
| Arizona | $244.54 | $186.40 | 1.3x | 13,913 |
| Arkansas | $240.28 | $234.00 | 1.0x | 866 |
| Iowa | $232.73 | $222.71 | 1.0x | 1,947 |
| California | $231.62 | $186.23 | 1.2x | 213,641 |
| Alabama | $221.12 | $143.20 | 1.5x | 22,378 |
| Delaware | $200.99 | $195.80 | 1.0x | 5,685 |
| Nevada | $75.41 | $73.89 | 1.0x | 23,648 |
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, by Geography and Service. Weighted by service volume across places of service.