| Table 43
Medicaid Cost Per Recipient, 1995 | |||||
| Rank | State | Amt. | Rank | State | Amt. |
| 1 | NEW YORK | $7,276 | 27 | Montana | $3,300 |
| 2 | Connecticut | 5,588 | 28 | Kansas | 3,250 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 5,460 | 29 | Vermont | 3,210 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 5,386 | 30 | Idaho | 3,129 |
| 5 | Hawaii | 4,983 | 31 | Kentucky | 3,035 |
| 6 | Rhode Island | 4,973 | 32 | West Virginia | 3,009 |
| 7 | Maine | 4,965 | 33 | Oregon | 2,937 |
| 8 | New Hampshire | 4,880 | 34 | Missouri | 2,932 |
| 9 | Maryland | 4,873 | 35 | North Carolina | 2,928 |
| 10 | North Dakota | 4,839 | 36 | Michigan | 2,918 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 4,828 | 37 | South Carolina | 2,902 |
| 12 | Delaware | 4,128 | 38 | Utah | 2,895 |
| 13 | South Dakota | 4,120 | 39 | Florida | 2,768 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 4,118 | 40 | Alabama | 2,698 |
| 15 | Arkansas | 3,893 | 41 | Virginia | 2,690 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | 3,766 | 42 | Georgia | 2,681 |
| 17 | Alaska | 3,698 | 43 | Oklahoma | 2,680 |
| 18 | Ohio | 3,644 | 44 | Texas | 2,562 |
| 19 | Colorado | 3,619 | 45 | New Mexico | 2,491 |
| 20 | Nebraska | 3,609 | 46 | Mississippi | 2,436 |
| 21 | Illinois | 3,608 | 47 | Washington | 2,285 |
| 22 | Louisiana | 3,449 | 48 | California | 2,097 |
| 23 | Iowa | 3,406 | 49 | Tennessee | 1,891 |
| 24 | Indiana | 3,359 | 50 | Arizona | 442 |
| 25 | Wyoming | 3,328 | U.S. Average | $3,311 | |
| 26 | Nevada | 3,322 | N.Y.S. % above avg. | 119.8% | |
| Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | |||||
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