Table 42
Medicaid Cost Per Person Served, 1998
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	NEW YORK	$8,961		27	Nevada	$4,348
2	New Hampshire	8,493		28	Montana	4,267
3	Connecticut	7,828		29	Oklahoma	4,257
4	Massachusetts	6,870		30	Nebraska	4,250
5	New Jersey	6,856		31	Kentucky	4,185
6	Maine	6,807		32	North Carolina	4,172
7	Rhode Island	6,603		33	South Dakota	4,149
8	Minnesota	5,820		34	Idaho	4,100
9	Pennsylvania	5,808		35	South Carolina	4,083
10	North Dakota	5,718		36	Arizona	3,931
11	Wisconsin	5,457		37	West Virginia	3,876
12	Alaska	5,427		38	Virginia	3,740
13	Ohio	5,346		39	Oregon	3,652
14	Iowa	5,170		40	Florida	3,607
15	Maryland	5,094		41	Mississippi	3,600
16	Indiana	4,815		42	Arkansas	3,539
17	Colorado	4,799		43	Vermont	3,505
18	Missouri	4,689		44	Utah	3,431
19	Kansas	4,675		45	Hawaii	3,385
20	Wyoming	4,635		46	New Mexico	3,270
21	Louisiana	4,578		47	Georgia	3,147
22	Alabama	4,529		48	Washington	2,563
23	Michigan	4,494		49	California	2,386
24	Delaware	4,440		50	Tennessee	2,075
25	Illinois	4,435		U.S. average		$4,307
26	Texas	4,419		N.Y.S. % above avg.		108%
Source: Health Care Financing Administration http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/mcaidsad.htm
Total spending on Medicaid in New York was $27.5 billion; reducing per-person costs to the U.S. average would save $14 billion.