Code G2211. Medicare covered 24,966,114 of these. Here is what providers billed and what Medicare allowed, state by state.
Providers in Ohio billed the most for this, at $59.62. In Guam the average was $26.31. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | $59.62 | $15.30 | 3.9x | 773,756 |
| New York | $56.35 | $17.29 | 3.3x | 1,601,384 |
| California | $54.47 | $17.06 | 3.2x | 2,131,468 |
| Foreign Country | $53.73 | $15.32 | 3.5x | 126 |
| Massachusetts | $53.63 | $16.32 | 3.3x | 651,400 |
| Minnesota | $53.07 | $15.25 | 3.5x | 348,081 |
| Wisconsin | $50.78 | $14.95 | 3.4x | 370,239 |
| New Hampshire | $50.11 | $15.76 | 3.2x | 129,615 |
| Alaska | $48.69 | $20.60 | 2.4x | 33,219 |
| Illinois | $48.34 | $16.27 | 3.0x | 1,129,846 |
| Tennessee | $47.89 | $14.79 | 3.2x | 573,067 |
| North Dakota | $47.35 | $15.18 | 3.1x | 62,068 |
| Washington | $45.57 | $16.23 | 2.8x | 556,418 |
| Oregon | $45.47 | $15.64 | 2.9x | 366,896 |
| Connecticut | $44.35 | $16.84 | 2.6x | 214,416 |
| Armed Forces Central/South America | $44.21 | $17.43 | 2.5x | 78 |
| New Jersey | $43.99 | $17.21 | 2.6x | 836,845 |
| Kansas | $42.99 | $15.03 | 2.9x | 287,507 |
| Florida | $42.64 | $16.02 | 2.7x | 1,936,211 |
| Virginia | $41.23 | $15.81 | 2.6x | 922,360 |
| Georgia | $40.13 | $15.54 | 2.6x | 640,447 |
| West Virginia | $39.87 | $15.28 | 2.6x | 78,627 |
| North Carolina | $39.81 | $15.00 | 2.7x | 1,007,069 |
| Utah | $39.78 | $14.93 | 2.7x | 227,999 |
| Rhode Island | $39.65 | $16.06 | 2.5x | 52,789 |
| Missouri | $39.63 | $15.30 | 2.6x | 393,773 |
| Hawaii | $39.52 | $16.20 | 2.4x | 47,507 |
| Nevada | $39.21 | $15.19 | 2.6x | 135,899 |
| New Mexico | $39.04 | $15.39 | 2.5x | 71,891 |
| Pennsylvania | $38.57 | $15.83 | 2.4x | 1,310,024 |
| South Carolina | $38.54 | $15.13 | 2.5x | 787,257 |
| Maryland | $38.46 | $16.55 | 2.3x | 794,791 |
| Colorado | $38.41 | $15.72 | 2.4x | 328,995 |
| District of Columbia | $38.33 | $17.55 | 2.2x | 62,190 |
| Armed Forces Europe | $38.27 | $17.98 | 2.1x | 522 |
| Texas | $38.15 | $15.58 | 2.4x | 1,597,484 |
| Arizona | $38.04 | $15.33 | 2.5x | 529,389 |
| Vermont | $37.29 | $15.38 | 2.4x | 28,302 |
| Nebraska | $36.96 | $14.90 | 2.5x | 141,181 |
| Indiana | $36.32 | $14.89 | 2.4x | 504,036 |
| Louisiana | $35.78 | $15.27 | 2.3x | 329,693 |
| Unknown | $35.75 | $16.57 | 2.2x | 365 |
| Maine | $35.64 | $15.56 | 2.3x | 56,366 |
| Virgin Islands | $35.31 | $15.60 | 2.3x | 689 |
| Armed Forces Pacific | $35.18 | $15.70 | 2.2x | 554 |
| Kentucky | $34.90 | $15.11 | 2.3x | 302,480 |
| Mississippi | $34.75 | $14.76 | 2.4x | 311,715 |
| Iowa | $34.57 | $14.81 | 2.3x | 306,983 |
| Montana | $33.77 | $15.40 | 2.2x | 103,492 |
| Arkansas | $33.50 | $14.63 | 2.3x | 264,368 |
| Delaware | $33.19 | $15.73 | 2.1x | 150,864 |
| Oklahoma | $32.70 | $14.82 | 2.2x | 378,445 |
| Michigan | $31.74 | $15.91 | 2.0x | 542,846 |
| Idaho | $30.96 | $14.69 | 2.1x | 86,716 |
| Wyoming | $30.37 | $15.39 | 2.0x | 12,092 |
| Puerto Rico | $30.29 | $16.00 | 1.9x | 2,459 |
| Alabama | $27.98 | $14.85 | 1.9x | 346,603 |
| South Dakota | $27.68 | $15.00 | 1.8x | 101,091 |
| Guam | $26.31 | $16.13 | 1.6x | 3,120 |
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, by Geography and Service. Weighted by service volume across places of service.