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[Federal Register: August 1, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 148)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[[pp. 47154-47203]] Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective
Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2001 Rates

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4920  \1\ Memphis, TN-AR-MS.........................    0.8723    0.9107
  Crittenden, AR
  DeSoto, MS
  Fayette, TN
  Shelby, TN
  Tipton, TN
4940  \2\ Merced, CA................................    0.9861    0.9905
  Merced, CA
5000  \1\ Miami, FL.................................    1.0059    1.0040
  Dade, FL
5015  \1\ Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ..........    1.0333    1.0227
  Hunterdon, NJ
  Middlesex, NJ
  Somerset, NJ
5080  \1\ Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI....................    0.9767    0.9840
  Milwaukee, WI
  Ozaukee, WI
  Washington, WI
  Waukesha, WI
5120  \1\ Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI...............    1.1017    1.0686
  Anoka, MN
  Carver, MN
  Chisago, MN
  Dakota, MN
  Hennepin, MN
  Isanti, MN
  Ramsey, MN
  Scott, MN
  Sherburne, MN
  Washington, MN
  Wright, MN
  Pierce, WI
  St. Croix, WI
5140  Missoula, MT..................................    0.9332    0.9538
  Missoula, MT
5160  Mobile, AL....................................    0.8163    0.8702
  Baldwin, AL
  Mobile, AL
5170  Modesto, CA...................................    1.0396    1.0270
  Stanislaus, CA
5190  \1\ Monmouth-Ocean, NJ........................    1.1283    1.0862
  Monmouth, NJ
  Ocean, NJ
5200  Monroe, LA....................................    0.8396    0.8872
  Ouachita, LA
5240  Montgomery, AL................................    0.7653    0.8326
  Autauga, AL
  Elmore, AL
  Montgomery, AL
5280  Muncie, IN....................................    1.0969    1.0654
  Delaware, IN
5330  Myrtle Beach, SC..............................    0.8440    0.8903
  Horry, SC
5345  Naples, FL....................................    0.9661    0.9767
  Collier, FL
5360  \1\ Nashville, TN.............................    0.9490    0.9648
  Cheatham, TN
  Davidson, TN
  Dickson, TN
  Robertson, TN
  Rutherford, TN
  Sumner, TN
  Williamson, TN
  Wilson, TN
5380  \1\ Nassau-Suffolk, NY........................    1.3932    1.2549
  Nassau, NY
  Suffolk, NY
5483  \1\ New Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-Waterbury-      1.2034    1.1352
 Danbury, CT........................................
  Fairfield, CT
  New Haven, CT
5523  New London-Norwich, CT........................    1.2063    1.1371
  New London, CT
5560  \1\ New Orleans, LA...........................    0.9295    0.9512
  Jefferson, LA
  Orleans, LA
  Plaquemines, LA
  St. Bernard, LA
  St. Charles, LA
  St. James, LA
  St. John The Baptist, LA
  St. Tammany, LA
5600  \1\ New York, NY..............................    1.4651    1.2989
  Bronx, NY
  Kings, NY
  New York, NY
  Putnam, NY
  Queens, NY
  Richmond, NY
  Rockland, NY
  Westchester, NY
5640  \1\ Newark, NJ................................    1.0757    1.0512
  Essex, NJ
  Morris, NJ
  Sussex, NJ
  Union, NJ
  Warren, NJ
5660  Newburgh, NY-PA...............................    1.0847    1.0573
  Orange, NY
  Pike, PA
5720  \1\ Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC    0.8422    0.8890
  Currituck, NC
  Chesapeake City, VA
  Gloucester, VA
  Hampton City, VA
  Isle of Wight, VA
  James City, VA
  Mathews, VA
  Newport News City, VA
  Norfolk City, VA
  Poquoson City, VA
  Portsmouth City, VA
  Suffolk City, VA
  Virginia Beach City, VA
  Williamsburg City, VA
  York, VA
5775  \1\ Oakland, CA...............................    1.4983    1.3190
  Alameda, CA
  Contra Costa, CA
5790  Ocala, FL.....................................
  Marion, FL                                            0.9243    0.9475
5800  Odessa-Midland, TX............................    0.9205    0.9449
  Ector, TX
  Midland, TX
5880  \1\ Oklahoma City, OK.........................    0.8822    0.9177
  Canadian, OK
  Cleveland, OK
  Logan, OK
  McClain, OK
  Oklahoma, OK
  Pottawatomie, OK
5910  Olympia, WA...................................    1.0677    1.0459
  Thurston, WA
5920  Omaha, NE-IA..................................    0.9572    0.9705
  Pottawattamie, IA
  Cass, NE
  Douglas, NE
  Sarpy, NE
  Washington, NE
5945  \1\ Orange County, CA.........................    1.1411    1.0946
  Orange, CA
5960  \1\ Orlando, FL...............................    0.9610    0.9731
  Lake, FL
  Orange, FL
  Osceola, FL
  Seminole, FL
5990  Owensboro, KY.................................    0.8159    0.8699
  Daviess, KY
6015  Panama City, FL...............................    0.9010    0.9311
  Bay, FL
6020  Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH (WV Hospitals)....    0.8274    0.8783
  Washington, OH
  Wood, WV
6020  \2\ Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH (OH Hospitals)    0.8670    0.9069
  Washington, OH
  Wood, WV
6080  \2\ Pensacola, FL.............................    0.8928    0.9253
  Escambia, FL
  Santa Rosa, FL
6120  Peoria-Pekin, IL..............................    0.8646    0.9052
  Peoria, IL
  Tazewell, IL
  Woodford, IL
6160  \1\ Philadelphia, PA-NJ.......................    1.0937    1.0633
  Burlington, NJ
  Camden, NJ
  Gloucester, NJ
  Salem, NJ
  Bucks, PA
  Chester, PA
  Delaware, PA
  Montgomery, PA
  Philadelphia, PA
6200  \1\ Phoenix-Mesa, AZ..........................    0.9669    0.9772

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  Maricopa, AZ
  Pinal, AZ
6240  Pine Bluff, AR................................    0.7791    0.8429
  Jefferson, AR
6280  \1\ Pittsburgh, PA............................    0.9741    0.9822
  Allegheny, PA
  Beaver, PA
  Butler, PA
  Fayette, PA
  Washington, PA
  Westmoreland, PA
6323  \2\ Pittsfield, MA............................    1.1204    1.0810
  Berkshire, MA
6340  Pocatello, ID.................................    0.9076    0.9358
  Bannock, ID
6360  Ponce, PR.....................................    0.5006    0.6226
  Guayanilla, PR
  Juana Diaz, PR
  Penuelas, PR
  Ponce, PR
  Villalba, PR
  Yauco, PR
6403  Portland, ME..................................    0.9748    0.9827
  Cumberland, ME
  Sagadahoc, ME
  York, ME
6440  \1\ Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA.................    1.0910    1.0615
  Clackamas, OR
  Columbia, OR
  Multnomah, OR
  Washington, OR
  Yamhill, OR
  Clark, WA
6483  \1\ Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, RI..........    1.0864    1.0584
  Bristol, RI
  Kent, RI
  Newport, RI
  Providence, RI
  Washington, RI
6520  Provo-Orem, UT................................    1.0041    1.0028
  Utah, UT
6560  \2\ Pueblo, CO................................    0.8968    0.9281
  Pueblo, CO
6580  Punta Gorda, FL...............................    0.9613    0.9733
  Charlotte, FL
6600  Racine, WI....................................    0.9246    0.9477
  Racine, WI
6640  \1\ Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC............    0.9646    0.9756
  Chatham, NC
  Durham, NC
  Franklin, NC
  Johnston, NC
  Orange, NC
  Wake, NC
6660  Rapid City, SD................................    0.8865    0.9208
  Pennington, SD
6680  Reading, PA...................................    0.9152    0.9411
  Berks, PA
6690  Redding, CA...................................    1.1664    1.1112
  Shasta, CA
6720  Reno, NV......................................    1.0550    1.0373
  Washoe, NV
6740  Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA..................    1.1460    1.0978
  Benton, WA
  Franklin, WA
6760  Richmond-Petersburg, VA.......................    0.9617    0.9736
  Charles City County, VA
  Chesterfield, VA
  Colonial Heights City, VA
  Dinwiddie, VA
  Goochland, VA
  Hanover, VA
  Henrico, VA
  Hopewell City, VA
  New Kent, VA
  Petersburg City, VA
  Powhatan, VA
  Prince George, VA
  Richmond City, VA
6780  \1\ Riverside-San Bernardino, CA..............    1.1115    1.0751
  Riverside, CA
  San Bernardino, CA
6800  Roanoke, VA...................................    0.8782    0.9149
  Botetourt, VA
  Roanoke, VA
  Roanoke City, VA
  Salem City, VA
6820  Rochester, MN.................................    1.1315    1.0883
  Olmsted, MN
6840  \1\ Rochester, NY.............................    0.9182    0.9432
  Genesee, NY
  Livingston, NY
  Monroe, NY
  Ontario, NY
  Orleans, NY
  Wayne, NY
6880  Rockford, IL..................................    0.8819    0.9175
  Boone, IL
  Ogle, IL
  Winnebago, IL
6895  Rocky Mount, NC...............................    0.8849    0.9197
  Edgecombe, NC
  Nash, NC
6920  \1\ Sacramento, CA............................    1.1957    1.1302
  El Dorado, CA
  Placer, CA
  Sacramento, CA
6960  Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI..................    0.9575    0.9707
  Bay, MI
  Midland, MI
  Saginaw, MI
6980  St. Cloud, MN.................................    1.0016    1.0011
  Benton, MN
  Stearns, MN
7000  St. Joseph, MO................................    0.9071    0.9354
  Andrew, MO
  Buchanan, MO
7040  \1\ 1St. Louis, MO-IL.........................    0.9049    0.9339
  Clinton, IL
  Jersey, IL
  Madison, IL
  Monroe, IL
  St. Clair, IL
  Franklin, MO
  Jefferson, MO
  Lincoln, MO
  St. Charles, MO
  St. Louis, MO
  St. Louis City, MO
  Warren, MO
7080  Salem, OR.....................................    1.0132    1.0090
  Marion, OR
  Polk, OR
7120  Salinas, CA...................................    1.4502    1.2899
  Monterey, CA
7160  \1\ Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT..................    0.9811    0.9870
  Davis, UT
  Salt Lake, UT
  Weber, UT
7200  San Angelo, TX................................    0.8083    0.8644
  Tom Green, TX
7240  \1\ San Antonio, TX...........................    0.8580    0.9004
  Bexar, TX
  Comal, TX
  Guadalupe, TX
  Wilson, TX
7320  \1\ San Diego, CA.............................    1.1784    1.1190
  San Diego, CA
7360  \1\ San Francisco, CA.........................    1.4193    1.2710
  Marin, CA
  San Francisco, CA
  San Mateo, CA
7400  \1\ San Jose, CA..............................    1.3564    1.2321
  Santa Clara, CA
7440  \1\ San Juan-Bayamon, PR......................    0.4690    0.5954
  Aguas Buenas, PR
  Barceloneta, PR
  Bayamon, PR
  Canovanas, PR
  Carolina, PR
  Catano, PR
  Ceiba, PR
  Comerio, PR
  Corozal, PR
  Dorado, PR
  Fajardo, PR
  Florida, PR
  Guaynabo, PR
  Humacao, PR
  Juncos, PR
  Los Piedras, PR
  Loiza, PR
  Luguillo, PR
  Manati, PR
  Morovis, PR
  Naguabo, PR
  Naranjito, PR
  Rio Grande, PR
  San Juan, PR
  Toa Alta, PR
  Toa Baja, PR
  Trujillo Alto, PR

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  Vega Alta, PR
  Vega Baja, PR
  Yabucoa, PR
7460  San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA....    1.0673    1.0456
  San Luis Obispo, CA
7480  Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA..........    1.0597    1.0405
  Santa Barbara, CA
7485  Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA....................    1.4095    1.2650
  Santa Cruz, CA
7490  Santa Fe, NM..................................    1.0537    1.0365
  Los Alamos, NM
  Santa Fe, NM
7500  Santa Rosa, CA................................    1.2646    1.1744
  Sonoma, CA
7510  Sarasota-Bradenton, FL........................    0.9809    0.9869
  Manatee, FL
  Sarasota, FL
7520  Savannah, GA..................................    0.9697    0.9792
  Bryan, GA
  Chatham, GA
  Effingham, GA
7560  \2\ Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA......    0.8578    0.9003
  Columbia, PA
  Lackawanna, PA
  Luzerne, PA
  Wyoming, PA
7600  \1\ Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA..............    1.1016    1.0685
  Island, WA
  King, WA
  Snohomish, WA
7610  \2\ Sharon, PA................................    0.8578    0.9003
  Mercer, PA
7620  \2\ Sheboygan, WI.............................    0.8880    0.9219
  Sheboygan, WI
7640  Sherman-Denison, TX...........................    0.8795    0.9158
  Grayson, TX
7680  Shreveport-Bossier City, LA...................    0.8750    0.9126
  Bossier, LA
  Caddo, LA
  Webster, LA
7720  Sioux City, IA-NE.............................    0.8473    0.8927
  Woodbury, IA
  Dakota, NE
7760  Sioux Falls, SD...............................    0.8790    0.9155
  Lincoln, SD
  Minnehaha, SD
7800  South Bend, IN................................    1.0029    1.0020
  St. Joseph, IN
7840  Spokane, WA...................................    1.0513    1.0349
  Spokane, WA
7880  Springfield, IL...............................    0.8685    0.9080
  Menard, IL
  Sangamon, IL
7920  Springfield, MO...............................    0.8488    0.8938
  Christian, MO
  Greene, MO
  Webster, MO
8003  \2\ Springfield, MA...........................    1.1204    1.0810
  Hampden, MA
  Hampshire, MA
8050  State College, PA.............................    0.9038    0.9331
  Centre, PA
8080  \2\ Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV (OH Hospitals)    0.8670    0.9069
  Jefferson, OH
  Brooke, WV
  Hancock, WV
8080  Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV (WV Hospitals)....    0.8548    0.8981
  Jefferson, OH
  Brooke, WV
  Hancock, WV
8120  Stockton-Lodi, CA.............................    1.0629    1.0427
  San Joaquin, CA
8140  \2\ Sumter, SC................................    0.8370    0.8853
  Sumter, SC
8160  Syracuse, NY..................................    0.9594    0.9720
  Cayuga, NY
  Madison, NY
  Onondaga, NY
  Oswego, NY
8200  Tacoma, WA....................................    1.1564    1.1046
  Pierce, WA
8240  \2\ Tallahassee, FL...........................    0.8928    0.9253
  Gadsden, FL
  Leon, FL
8280  \1\ Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.......    0.9099    0.9374
  Hernando, FL
  Hillsborough, FL
  Pasco, FL
  Pinellas, FL
8320  \2\ Terre Haute, IN...........................    0.8602    0.9020
  Clay, IN
  Vermillion, IN
  Vigo, IN
8360  Texarkana, AR-Texarkana, TX...................    0.8427    0.8894
  Miller, AR
  Bowie, TX
8400  Toledo, OH....................................    0.9664    0.9769
  Fulton, OH
  Lucas, OH
  Wood, OH
8440  Topeka, KS....................................    0.9117    0.9387
  Shawnee, KS
8480  Trenton, NJ...................................    1.0137    1.0094
  Mercer, NJ
8520  Tucson, AZ....................................    0.8821    0.9177
  Pima, AZ
8560  Tulsa, OK.....................................    0.8454    0.8914
  Creek, OK
  Osage, OK
  Rogers, OK
  Tulsa, OK
  Wagoner, OK
8600  Tuscaloosa, AL................................    0.8064    0.8630
  Tuscaloosa, AL
8640  Tyler, TX.....................................    0.9404    0.9588
  Smith, TX
8680  Utica-Rome, NY................................    0.8560    0.8990
  Herkimer, NY
  Oneida, NY
8720  Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA....................    1.2266    1.1501
  Napa, CA
  Solano, CA
8735  Ventura, CA...................................    1.0479    1.0326
  Ventura, CA
8750  Victoria, TX..................................    0.8154    0.8696
  Victoria, TX
8760  Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ..............    1.0501    1.0340
  Cumberland, NJ
8780  \2\ Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA............    0.9861    0.9905
  Tulare, CA
8800  Waco, TX......................................    0.8314    0.8812
  McLennan, TX
8840  \1\ Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV...................    1.0755    1.0511
  District of Columbia, DC
  Calvert, MD
  Charles, MD
  Frederick, MD
  Montgomery, MD
  Prince Georges, MD
  Alexandria City, VA
  Arlington, VA
  Clarke, VA
  Culpeper, VA
  Fairfax, VA
  Fairfax City, VA
  Falls Church City, VA
  Fauquier, VA
  Fredericksburg City, VA
  King George, VA
  Loudoun, VA
  Manassas City, VA
  Manassas Park City, VA
  Prince William, VA
  Spotsylvania, VA
  Stafford, VA
  Warren, VA  Berkeley, WV
  Jefferson, WV
8920  Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA......................    0.8802    0.9163
  Black Hawk, IA
8940  Wausau, WI....................................    0.9426    0.9603
  Marathon, WI
8960  \1\ 1West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL...........    0.9615    0.9735
  Palm Beach, FL
9000  \2\ Wheeling, WV-OH (WV Hospitals)............    0.8231    0.8752
  Belmont, OH

  Marshall, WV

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  Ohio, WV
9000  \2\ Wheeling, WV-OH (OH Hospitals)............    0.8670    0.9069
  Belmont, OH
  Marshall, WV
  Ohio, WV
9040  Wichita, KS...................................    0.9544    0.9685
  Butler, KS
  Harvey, KS
  Sedgwick, KS
9080  Wichita Falls, TX.............................    0.7668    0.8337
  Archer, TX
  Wichita, TX
9140  \2\ Williamsport, PA..........................    0.8578    0.9003
  Lycoming, PA
9160  Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD......................    1.1191    1.0801
  New Castle, DE
  Cecil, MD
9200  Wilmington, NC................................    0.9402    0.9587
  New Hanover, NC
  Brunswick, NC
9260  \2\ Yakima, WA................................    1.0434    1.0295
  Yakima, WA
9270  Yolo, CA......................................    1.0199    1.0136
  Yolo, CA
9280  York, PA......................................    0.9264    0.9490
  York, PA
9320  Youngstown-Warren, OH.........................    0.9543    0.9685
  Columbiana, OH
  Mahoning, OH Trumbull, OH
9340  Yuba City, CA.................................    1.0706    1.0478
  Sutter, CA
  Yuba, CA
9360  Yuma, AZ......................................    0.9529    0.9675
  Yuma, AZ
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\1\ Large Urban Area.
\2\ Hospitals geographically located in the area are assigned the
  statewide rural wage index for FY 2001.

Table 4b.--Wage Index and Capital Geographic Adjustment Factor (GAF) for
                               Rural Areas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        Wage
                    Nonurban area                       index      GAF
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama.............................................    0.7528    0.8233
Alaska..............................................    1.2392    1.1582
Arizona.............................................    0.8317    0.8814
Arkansas............................................    0.7445    0.8171
California..........................................    0.9861    0.9905
Colorado............................................    0.8968    0.9281
Connecticut.........................................    1.1715    1.1145
Delaware............................................    0.9074    0.9356
Florida.............................................    0.8928    0.9253
Georgia.............................................    0.8329    0.8823
Hawaii..............................................    1.1059    1.0714
Idaho...............................................    0.8678    0.9075
Illinois............................................    0.8160    0.8700
Indiana.............................................    0.8602    0.9020
Iowa................................................    0.8030    0.8605
Kansas..............................................    0.7605    0.8290
Kentucky............................................    0.7931    0.8532
Louisiana...........................................    0.7713    0.8371
Maine...............................................    0.8766    0.9138
Maryland............................................    0.8651    0.9055
Massachusetts.......................................    1.1204    1.0810
Michigan............................................    0.9021    0.9319
Minnesota...........................................    0.8881    0.9219
Mississippi.........................................    0.7491    0.8205
Missouri............................................    0.7707    0.8366
Montana.............................................    0.8688    0.9082
Nebraska............................................    0.8109    0.8663
Nevada..............................................    0.9232    0.9467
New Hampshire.......................................    0.9845    0.9894
New Jersey \1\......................................  ........  ........
New Mexico..........................................    0.8497    0.8945
New York............................................    0.8499    0.8946
North Carolina......................................    0.8441    0.8904
North Dakota........................................    0.7716    0.8373
Ohio................................................    0.8670    0.9069
Oklahoma............................................    0.7491    0.8205
Oregon..............................................    1.0132    1.0090
Pennsylvania........................................    0.8578    0.9003
Puerto Rico.........................................    0.4264    0.5578
Rhode Island \1\....................................  ........  ........
South Carolina......................................    0.8370    0.8853
South Dakota........................................    0.7570    0.8264
Tennessee...........................................    0.7838    0.8464
Texas...............................................    0.7507    0.8217
Utah................................................    0.9037    0.9330
Vermont.............................................    0.9427    0.9604
Virginia............................................    0.8189    0.8721
Washington..........................................    1.0434    1.0295
West Virginia.......................................    0.8231    0.8752
Wisconsin...........................................    0.8880    0.9219
Wyoming.............................................    0.8817   0.9174
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\1\ All counties within the State are classified as urban.

Table 4c.--Wage Index and Capital Geographic Adjustment Factor (GAF) for
                     Hospitals That Are Reclassified
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        Wage
                        Area                            index      GAF
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abilene, TX.........................................    0.8240    0.8758
Akron, OH...........................................    0.9736    0.9818
Alexandria, LA......................................    0.8170    0.8707
Amarillo, TX........................................    0.8715    0.9101
Anchorage, AK.......................................    1.2865    1.1883
Ann Arbor, MI.......................................    1.1064    1.0717
Atlanta, GA.........................................    1.0096    1.0066
Atlantic-Cape May, NJ...............................    1.0822    1.0556
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC................................    0.9160    0.9417
Baton Rouge, LA.....................................    0.8734    0.9115
Benton Harbor, MI...................................    0.9021    0.9319
Bergen-Passaic, NJ..................................    1.1605    1.1073
Billings, MT........................................    0.9591    0.9718
Binghamton, NY......................................    0.8690    0.9083
Birmingham, AL......................................    0.8477    0.8930
Bismarck, ND........................................    0.7897    0.8507
Bloomington-Normal, IL..............................    0.9156    0.9414
Boise City, ID......................................    0.9042    0.9334
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH        1.1160    1.0781
 (NH, RI, and VT Hospitals).........................
Burlington, VT......................................    1.0550    1.0373
Casper, WY..........................................    0.8817    0.9174
Champaign-Urbana, IL................................    0.9084    0.9363
Charleston-North Charleston, SC.....................    0.9067    0.9351
Charleston, WV......................................    0.8904    0.9236
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC.................    0.9391    0.9579
Chattanooga, TN-GA..................................    0.9624    0.9741
Chicago, IL.........................................    1.1015    1.0684
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN................................    0.9415    0.9596
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY.....................    0.8277    0.8785
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH.........................    0.9593    0.9719
Columbia, MO........................................    0.8756    0.9130
Columbia, SC........................................    0.9433    0.9608
Columbus, OH........................................    0.9619    0.9737
Dallas, TX..........................................    0.9913    0.9940
Danville, VA........................................    0.8212    0.8738
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL.................    0.8898    0.9232
Dayton-Springfield, OH..............................    0.9442    0.9614
Denver, CO..........................................    1.0181    1.0124
Des Moines, IA......................................    0.9011    0.9312
Dothan, AL..........................................    0.8013    0.8592
Dover, DE...........................................    0.9769    0.9841
Duluth-Superior, MN-WI..............................    1.0043    1.0029
Eau Claire, WI......................................    0.8880    0.9219
Erie, PA............................................    0.8985    0.9293
Eugene-Springfield, OR..............................    1.0965    1.0651
Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN...............................    0.8517    0.8959
Fayetteville, NC....................................    0.8469    0.8924
Flagstaff, AZ-UT....................................    1.0525    1.0357
Flint, MI...........................................    1.1058    1.0713
Florence, AL........................................    0.7652    0.8325
Florence, SC........................................    0.8777    0.9145
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO...........................    1.0647    1.0439
Ft. Lauderdale, FL..................................    1.0152    1.0104
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL......................    0.9622    0.9740
Fort Smith, AR-OK...................................    0.7947    0.8544
Fort Walton Beach, FL...............................    0.9358    0.9556
Fort Wayne, IN......................................    0.8665    0.9065
Forth Worth-Arlington, TX...........................    0.9527    0.9674
Gadsden, AL.........................................    0.8423    0.8891
Grand Forks, ND-MN..................................    0.8954    0.9271
Grand Junction, CO..................................    0.9471    0.9635
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI...................    1.0248    1.0169
Great Falls, MT.....................................    0.9331    0.9537
Greeley, CO.........................................    0.9573    0.9706
Green Bay, WI.......................................    0.9308    0.9521
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC.............    0.9124    0.9391
Greenville, NC......................................    0.9172    0.9425
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC.................    0.9003    0.9306
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA.....................    0.9386    0.9575

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Hartford, CT (MA Hospital)..........................    1.1420    1.0952
Hattiesburg, MS.....................................    0.7491    0.8205
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC........................    0.8577    0.9002
Honolulu, HI........................................    1.1866    1.1243
Houston, TX.........................................    0.9732    0.9816
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH........................    0.9605    0.9728
Huntsville, AL......................................    0.8779    0.9147
Indianapolis, IN....................................    0.9787    0.9854
Jackson, MS.........................................    0.8698    0.9089
Jackson, TN.........................................    0.8796    0.9159
Jacksonville, FL....................................    0.9208    0.9451
Jersey City, NJ.....................................    1.1573    1.1052
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA...............    0.8328    0.8822
Joplin, MO..........................................    0.8148    0.8691
Kalamazoo-Battlecreek, MI...........................    1.0311    1.0212
Kansas City, KS-MO..................................    0.9498    0.9653
Knoxville, TN.......................................    0.8340    0.8831
Kokomo, IN..........................................    0.9525    0.9672
Lafayette, LA.......................................    0.8490    0.8940
Lansing-East Lansing, MI............................    0.9934    0.9955
Las Cruces, NM......................................    0.8510    0.8954
Las Vegas, NV-AZ....................................    1.0796    1.0538
Lexington, KY.......................................    0.8712    0.9099
Lima, OH............................................    0.9320    0.9529
Lincoln, NE.........................................    0.9666    0.9770
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR...................    0.8791    0.9155
Longview-Marshall, TX...............................    0.8732    0.9113
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA..........................    1.2033    1.1351
Louisville, KY-IN...................................    0.9350    0.9550
Lynchburg, VA.......................................    0.8749    0.9125
Macon, GA...........................................    0.8974    0.9285
Madison, WI.........................................    1.0271    1.0185
Mansfield, OH.......................................    0.8690    0.9083
Memphis, TN-AR-MS...................................    0.8584    0.9007
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI..............................    0.9767    0.9840
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI.........................    1.1017    1.0686
Missoula, MT........................................    0.9332    0.9538
Mobile, AL..........................................    0.8163    0.8702
Monmouth-Ocean, NJ..................................    1.1283    1.0862
Montgomery, AL......................................    0.7653    0.8326
Myrtle Beach, SC (NC Hospital)......................    0.8441    0.8904
Nashville, TN.......................................    0.9301    0.9516
New Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-Waterbury-Danbury, CT.    1.2034    1.1352
New London-Norwich, CT..............................    1.1926    1.1282
New Orleans, LA.....................................    0.9295    0.9512
New York, NY........................................    1.4463    1.2875
Newburgh, NY-PA.....................................    1.0666    1.0451
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC..........    0.8441    0.8904
Oakland, CA.........................................    1.4983    1.3190
Ocala, FL...........................................    0.9243    0.9475
Odessa-Midland, TX..................................    0.9074    0.9356
Oklahoma City, OK...................................    0.8822    0.9177
Omaha, NE-IA........................................    0.9572    0.9705
Orange County, CA...................................    1.1411    1.0946
Orlando, FL.........................................    0.9610    0.9731
Peoria-Pekin, IL....................................    0.8646    0.9052
Philadelphia, PA-NJ.................................    1.0937    1.0633
Pine Bluff, AR......................................    0.7680    0.8346
Pittsburgh, PA......................................    0.9575    0.9707
Pittsfield, MA (VT Hospital)........................    0.9914    0.9941
Pocatello, ID.......................................    0.8715    0.9101
Portland, ME........................................    0.9629    0.9744
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA...........................    1.0910    1.0615
Provo-Orem, UT......................................    1.0041    1.0028
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC......................    0.9646    0.9756
Rapid City, SD......................................    0.8865    0.9208
Redding, CA.........................................    1.1664    1.1112
Reno, NV............................................    1.0438    1.0298
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA........................    1.1147    1.0772
Roanoke, VA.........................................    0.8782    0.9149
Rochester, MN.......................................    1.1315    1.0883
Rockford, IL........................................    0.8819    0.9175
Sacramento, CA......................................    1.1957    1.1302
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI........................    0.9575    0.9707
St. Cloud, MN.......................................    1.0016    1.0011
St. Joseph, MO......................................    0.8848    0.9196
St. Louis, MO-IL....................................    0.9049    0.9339
Salinas, CA.........................................    1.4502    1.2899
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT............................    0.9811    0.9870
San Diego, CA.......................................    1.1784    1.1190
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA..........................    1.3897    1.2528
Santa Fe, NM........................................    1.0000    1.0000
Santa Rosa, CA......................................    1.2398    1.1586
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA........................    1.1016    1.0685
Sherman-Denison, TX.................................    0.8795    0.9158
Sioux City, IA-NE...................................    0.8473    0.8927
South Bend, IN......................................    1.0029    1.0020
Spokane, WA.........................................    1.0333    1.0227
Springfield, IL.....................................    0.8685    0.9080
Springfield, MO.....................................    0.8212    0.8738
Syracuse, NY........................................    0.9594    0.9720
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.................    0.9099    0.9374
Texarkana, AR-Texarkana, TX.........................    0.8427    0.8894
Toledo, OH..........................................    0.9664    0.9769
Topeka, KS..........................................    0.9117    0.9387
Tucson, AZ..........................................    0.8821    0.9177
Tulsa, OK...........................................    0.8454    0.8914
Tuscaloosa, AL......................................    0.8064    0.8630
Tyler, TX...........................................    0.9141    0.9403
Victoria, TX........................................    0.8154    0.8696
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV.............................    1.0755    1.0511
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA............................    0.8802    0.9163
Wausau, WI..........................................    0.9426    0.9603
Wichita, KS.........................................    0.9262    0.9489
Rural Alabama.......................................    0.7528    0.8233
Rural Florida.......................................    0.8928    0.9253
Rural Illinois......................................    0.8160    0.8700
Rural Louisiana.....................................    0.7713    0.8371
Rural Michigan......................................    0.9021    0.9319
Rural Minnesota.....................................    0.8881    0.9219
Rural Missouri......................................    0.7707    0.8366
Rural Montana.......................................    0.8688    0.9082
Rural Oregon........................................    1.0132    1.0090
Rural Texas.........................................    0.7507    0.8217
Rural Washington....................................    1.0434    1.0295
Rural West Virginia.................................    0.8231    0.8752
Rural Wisconsin.....................................    0.8880    0.9219
Rural Wyoming (NE Hospital).........................    0.8671    0.9070
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             Table 4d.--Average Hourly Wage for Urban Areas
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                                                                Average
                          Urban area                             hourly
                                                                  wage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abilene, TX..................................................    17.9387
Aguadilla, PR................................................     9.5583
Akron, OH....................................................    21.1962
Albany, GA...................................................    21.6247
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY..................................    18.6106
Albuquerque, NM..............................................    19.8899
Alexandria, LA...............................................    17.7452
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA...............................    21.8571
Altoona, PA..................................................    20.3472
Amarillo, TX.................................................    18.9724
Anchorage, AK................................................    27.8515
Ann Arbor, MI................................................    24.5003
Anniston, AL.................................................    18.0347
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI..................................    19.7058
Arecibo, PR..................................................     9.8505
Asheville, NC................................................    20.7157
Athens, GA...................................................    21.2027
Atlanta, GA..................................................    21.9792
Atlantic-Cape May, NJ........................................    24.3440
Auburn-Opelika, AL...........................................    17.6461
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC.........................................    19.9424
Austin-San Marcos, TX........................................    20.8502
Bakersfield, CA..............................................    21.0688
Baltimore, MD................................................    20.3888
Bangor, ME...................................................    20.8150
Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA......................................    30.1277
Baton Rouge, LA..............................................    19.2487
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.....................................    19.0352
Bellingham, WA...............................................    24.9039
Benton Harbor, MI............................................    18.8768
Bergen-Passaic, NJ...........................................    25.7937
Billings, MT.................................................    20.8676
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS...............................    17.9290
Binghamton, NY...............................................    18.9175
Birmingham, AL...............................................    18.4002
Bismarck, ND.................................................    16.7742
Bloomington,IN...............................................    19.0130
Bloomington-Normal, IL.......................................    19.8003
Boise City, ID...............................................    19.6053
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH.............    24.2959
Boulder-Longmont, CO.........................................    21.1843
Brazoria, TX.................................................    18.8483
Bremerton, WA................................................    23.8918
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX.........................    18.9870

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Bryan-College Station, TX....................................    17.9324
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY....................................    20.8552
Burlington, VT...............................................    23.3707
Caguas, PR...................................................     9.9325
Canton-Massillon, OH.........................................    18.6867
Casper, WY...................................................    18.9923
Cedar Rapids, IA.............................................    19.0186
Champaign-Urbana, IL.........................................    20.0245
Charleston-North Charleston, SC..............................    19.6765
Charleston, WV...............................................    20.1160
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC..........................    20.4436
Charlottesville, VA..........................................    23.4885
Chattanooga, TN-GA...........................................    21.4064
Cheyenne, WY.................................................    18.0869
Chicago, IL..................................................    24.2653
Chico-Paradise, CA...........................................    21.5925
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.........................................    20.4967
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY..............................    17.8606
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH..................................    20.8921
Colorado Springs, CO.........................................    21.1114
Columbia, MO.................................................    19.5074
Columbia, SC.................................................    20.7995
Columbus, GA-AL..............................................    18.6521
Columbus, OH.................................................    20.9403
Corpus Christi, TX...........................................    18.9962
Corvallis, OR................................................    24.6574
Cumberland, MD-WV............................................    18.2190
Dallas, TX...................................................    21.5801
Danville, VA.................................................    18.6983
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL..........................    19.3712
Dayton-Springfield, OH.......................................    20.5545
Daytona Beach, FL............................................    20.0282
Decatur, AL..................................................    18.5791
Decatur, IL..................................................    17.6894
Denver, CO...................................................    22.1647
Des Moines, IA...............................................    19.8508
Detroit, MI..................................................    22.8814
Dothan, AL...................................................    17.2926
Dover, DE....................................................    21.9391
Dubuque, IA..................................................    19.0397
Duluth-Superior, MN-WI.......................................    21.8388
Dutchess County, NY..........................................    22.3121
Eau Claire, WI...............................................    19.1358
El Paso, TX..................................................    20.3455
Elkhart-Goshen, IN...........................................    19.9093
Elmira, NY...................................................    18.6041
Enid, OK.....................................................    18.7450
Erie, PA.....................................................    19.5597
Eugene-Springfield, OR.......................................    23.8704
Evansville, Henderson, IN-KY.................................    17.7939
Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN........................................    19.0467
Fayetteville, NC.............................................    18.8418
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR...........................    17.2213
Flagstaff, AZ-UT.............................................    23.2631
Flint, MI....................................................    24.3942
Florence, AL.................................................    16.5808
Florence, SC.................................................    19.1069
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO....................................    23.1791
Fort Lauderdale, FL..........................................    22.0334
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL....................................    20.1312
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL...............................    20.7635
Fort Smith, AR-OK............................................    17.5292
Fort Walton Beach, FL........................................    20.9154
Fort Wayne, IN...............................................    18.8629
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.....................................    20.7411
Fresno, CA...................................................    21.9976
Gadsden, AL..................................................    18.3371
Gainesville, FL..............................................    21.9311
Galveston-Texas City, TX.....................................    21.5917
Gary, IN.....................................................    20.5814
Glens Falls, NY..............................................    18.2029
Goldsboro, NC................................................    18.3380
Grand Forks, ND-MN...........................................    19.1930
Grand Junction, CO...........................................    19.8299
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI............................    22.3091
Great Falls, MT..............................................    19.7346
Greeley, CO..................................................    21.3659
Green Bay, WI................................................    20.0839
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC......................    19.8775
Greenville, NC...............................................    20.4282
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC..........................    19.5991
Hagerstown, MD...............................................    20.4841
Hamilton-Middletown, OH......................................    19.7254
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA..............................    20.4334
Hartford, CT.................................................    24.7589
Hattiesburg, MS..............................................    16.3068
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC.................................    19.6096
Honolulu, HI.................................................    25.8269
Houma, LA....................................................    17.6029
Houston, TX..................................................    21.1868
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH.................................    21.4993
Huntsville, AL...............................................    19.4455
Indianapolis, IN.............................................    21.3060
Iowa City, IA................................................    21.0244
Jackson, MI..................................................    19.8852
Jackson, MS..................................................    19.1842
Jackson, TN..................................................    19.1498
Jacksonville, FL.............................................    20.0465
Jacksonville, NC.............................................    16.9298
Jamestown, NY................................................    17.0195
Janesville-Beloit, WI........................................    20.8677
Jersey City, NJ..............................................    25.0412
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA........................    18.0083
Johnstown, PA................................................    19.2587
Jonesboro, AR................................................    17.0500
Joplin, MO...................................................    17.7376
Kalamazoo-Battlecreek, MI....................................    22.7571
Kankakee, IL.................................................    21.5573
Kansas City, KS-MO...........................................    20.6781
Kenosha, WI..................................................    20.9242
Killeen-Temple, TX...........................................    22.0298
Knoxville, TN................................................    18.1556
Kokomo, IN...................................................    20.7207
La Crosse, WI-MN.............................................    20.0533
Lafayette, LA................................................    18.4838
Lafayette, IN................................................    19.2317
Lake Charles, LA.............................................    16.1070
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL....................................    20.1126
Lancaster, PA................................................    20.1576
Lansing-East Lansing, MI.....................................    21.6264
Laredo, TX...................................................    17.7822
Las Cruces, NM...............................................    18.8479
Las Vegas, NV-AZ.............................................    23.5027
Lawrence, KS.................................................    17.8290
Lawton, OK...................................................    19.5850
Lewiston-Auburn, ME..........................................    19.6724
Lexington, KY................................................    19.3007
Lima, OH.....................................................    20.2889
Lincoln, NE..................................................    20.9569
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR............................    19.3875
Longview-Marshall, TX........................................    19.4243
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA...................................    26.1164
Louisville, KY-IN............................................    20.3544
Lubbock, TX..................................................    19.2404
Lynchburg, VA................................................    19.3031
Macon, GA....................................................    19.5357
Madison, WI..................................................    22.3606
Mansfield, OH................................................    18.9191
Mayaguez, PR.................................................     9.9900
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.................................    18.6487
Medford-Ashland, OR..........................................    22.5185
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL............................    21.0904
Memphis, TN-AR-MS............................................    18.9896
Merced, CA...................................................    20.9989
Miami, FL....................................................    21.8997
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ.............................    24.1094
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI.......................................    21.2638
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI..................................    23.9833
Missoula, MT.................................................    20.1896
Mobile, AL...................................................    17.7700
Modesto, CA..................................................    22.6325
Monmouth-Ocean, NJ...........................................    24.5529
Monroe, LA...................................................    18.2776
Montgomery, AL...............................................    16.6605
Muncie, IN...................................................    23.8791
Myrtle Beach, SC.............................................    18.3751
Naples, FL...................................................    21.0332
Nashville, TN................................................    20.6601
Nassau-Suffolk, NY...........................................    30.3304
New Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-Waterbury-Danbury, CT..........    26.7711
New London-Norwich, CT.......................................    26.2605
New Orleans, LA..............................................    20.2347
New York, NY.................................................    31.8954
Newark, NJ...................................................    25.7698
Newburgh, NY-PA..............................................    23.6150
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC...................    18.3132
Oakland, CA..................................................    32.6189
Ocala, FL....................................................    20.1230
Odessa-Midland, TX...........................................    20.0403
Oklahoma City, OK............................................    19.2048
Olympia, WA..................................................    23.2441
Omaha, NE-IA.................................................    20.8374
Orange County, CA............................................    24.9648
Orlando, FL..................................................    20.9206
Owensboro, KY................................................    17.7626
Panama City, FL..............................................    19.6150
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH..................................    18.0122
Pensacola, FL................................................    17.7997
Peoria-Pekin, IL.............................................    18.8206
Philadelphia, PA-NJ..........................................    23.8095
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ.............................................    21.0494
Pine Bluff, AR...............................................    16.9610
Pittsburgh, PA...............................................    21.2070
Pittsfield, MA...............................................    22.3968
Pocatello, ID................................................    19.7591
Ponce, PR....................................................    10.8985
Portland, ME.................................................    21.2220
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA....................................    23.7513
Providence-Warwick, RI.......................................    23.6503
Provo-Orem, UT...............................................    21.8338
Pueblo, CO...................................................    19.1909
Punta Gorda, FL..............................................    20.9268
Racine, WI...................................................    20.1287
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC...............................    21.0003
Rapid City, SD...............................................    19.2995
Reading, PA..................................................    19.9251
Redding, CA..................................................    25.3926

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Reno, NV.....................................................    22.9669
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA.................................    24.9481
Richmond-Petersburg, VA......................................    20.9366
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA.................................    24.4685
Roanoke, VA..................................................    19.0494
Rochester, MN................................................    24.6337
Rochester, NY................................................    19.9884
Rockford, IL.................................................    19.1994
Rocky Mount, NC..............................................    19.2653
Sacramento, CA...............................................    26.0143
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI.................................    20.8446
St. Cloud, MN................................................    21.8042
St. Joseph, MO...............................................    19.7467
St. Louis, MO-IL.............................................    19.6997
Salem, OR....................................................    22.1817
Salinas, CA..................................................    31.5702
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT.....................................    21.3500
San Angelo, TX...............................................    17.5980
San Antonio, TX..............................................    18.6797
San Diego, CA................................................    25.6544
San Francisco, CA............................................    30.8184
San Jose, CA.................................................    29.7210
San Juan-Bayamon, PR.........................................    10.2110
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA...................    23.2360
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA.........................    23.0707
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA...................................    30.5664
Santa Fe, NM.................................................    22.9400
Santa Rosa, CA...............................................    27.5311
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL.......................................    21.3554
Savannah, GA.................................................    21.1099
Scranton-Wilkes Barre-Hazleton, PA...........................    18.3332
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA.................................    23.9393
Sharon, PA...................................................    17.2591
Sheboygan, WI................................................    18.2407
Sherman-Denison, TX..........................................    18.9273
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA..................................    19.0499
Sioux City, IA-NE............................................    18.4457
Sioux Falls, SD..............................................    19.1359
South Bend, IN...............................................    21.7709
Spokane, WA..................................................    22.8867
Springfield, IL..............................................    18.9066
Springfield, MO..............................................    18.4778
Springfield, MA..............................................    23.1578
State College, PA............................................    19.6769
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV..................................    18.6092
Stockton-Lodi, CA............................................    23.1397
Sumter, SC...................................................    18.0057
Syracuse, NY.................................................    20.7876
Tacoma, WA...................................................    25.1749
Tallahassee, FL..............................................    18.6017
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL..........................    19.5532
Terre Haute, IN..............................................    18.0773
Texarkana, AR-Texarkana, TX..................................    18.2062
Toledo, OH...................................................    21.4050
Topeka, KS...................................................    19.8476
Trenton, NJ..................................................    22.0690
Tucson, AZ...................................................    19.1447
Tulsa, OK....................................................    18.4038
Tuscaloosa, AL...............................................    17.5550
Tyler, TX....................................................    20.4737
Utica-Rome, NY...............................................    18.6360
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA...................................    27.9688
Ventura, CA..................................................    24.0125
Victoria, TX.................................................    17.7514
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ.............................    22.8607
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA...............................    20.7921
Waco, TX.....................................................    18.1006
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV......................................    23.4147
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA.....................................    18.2949
Wausau, WI...................................................    20.5039
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL...............................    21.0777
Wheeling, OH-WV..............................................    16.8341
Wichita, KS..................................................    20.7776
Wichita Falls, TX............................................    16.6925
Williamsport, PA.............................................    18.2688
Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD.....................................    24.3629
Wilmington, NC...............................................    20.4690
Yakima, WA...................................................    21.5675
Yolo, CA.....................................................    22.2042
York, PA.....................................................    20.1674
Youngstown-Warren, OH........................................    20.7757
Yuba City, CA................................................    23.3065
Yuma, AZ.....................................................    20.7458
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             Table 4e.--Average Hourly Wage for Rural Areas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Average
                        Nonurban area                            hourly
                                                                  wage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama......................................................    16.3047
Alaska.......................................................    26.9769
Arizona......................................................    18.1056
Arkansas.....................................................    16.2080
California...................................................    21.4673
Colorado.....................................................    19.5235
Connecticut..................................................    25.5035
Delaware.....................................................    19.7543
Florida......................................................    19.4165
Georgia......................................................    18.1321
Hawaii.......................................................    24.0749
Idaho........................................................    18.8912
Illinois.....................................................    17.7653
Indiana......................................................    18.7277
Iowa.........................................................    17.4823
Kansas.......................................................    16.5568
Kentucky.....................................................    17.2663
Louisiana....................................................    16.6925
Maine........................................................    19.0838
Maryland.....................................................    18.8330
Massachusetts................................................    24.3924
Michigan.....................................................    19.5659
Minnesota....................................................    19.3332
Mississippi..................................................    16.3073
Missouri.....................................................    16.7596
Montana......................................................    18.9143
Nebraska.....................................................    17.6541
Nevada.......................................................    20.0985
New Hampshire................................................    21.4334
New Jersey \1\...............................................  .........
New Mexico...................................................    18.4985
New York.....................................................    18.5034
North Carolina...............................................    18.3772
North Dakota.................................................    16.7982
Ohio.........................................................    18.8756
Oklahoma.....................................................    16.3084
Oregon.......................................................    22.0574
Pennsylvania.................................................    18.6739
Puerto Rico..................................................     9.2817
Rhode Island \1\.............................................  .........
South Carolina...............................................    18.2215
South Dakota.................................................    16.4806
Tennessee....................................................    17.0628
Texas........................................................    16.3317
Utah.........................................................    19.6740
Vermont......................................................    20.1891
Virginia.....................................................    17.8284
Washington...................................................    22.7144
West Virginia................................................    17.9182
Wisconsin....................................................    19.3321
Wyoming......................................................   19.1944
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ All counties within the State are classified as urban.

                Table 4f.--Puerto Rico Wage Index and Capital Geographic Adjustment Factor (GAF)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Wage  index--       GAF--
                      Area                          Wage  index         GAF          reclass.        reclass.
                                                                                     hospitals       hospitals
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aguadilla, PR...................................          0.9380          0.9571  ..............  ..............
Arecibo, PR.....................................          0.9667          0.9771  ..............  ..............
Caguas, PR......................................          0.9747          0.9826  ..............  ..............
Mayaguez, PR....................................          0.9803          0.9865  ..............  ..............
Ponce, PR.......................................          1.0695          1.0471  ..............  ..............
San Juan-Bayamon, PR............................          1.0020          1.0014  ..............  ..............
Rural Puerto Rico...............................          0.9108          0.9380  ..............  ..............
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  Table 5.--List of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs), Relative Weighting Factors, Geometric and Arithmetic Mean
                                                 Length of Stay
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                             Relative    Geometric    Arithmetic
      DRG          MDC            Type                  DRG title            weights     mean  LOS    mean  LOS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1..............       01  SURG                 CRANIOTOMY AGE >17 EXCEPT        3.0970          6.3          9.1
                                                FOR TRAUMA.
2..............       01  SURG                 CRANIOTOMY FOR TRAUMA AGE        3.1142          7.3          9.7
                                                >17.
3..............       01  SURG                 *CRANIOTOMY AGE 0-17......       1.9629         12.7         12.7
4..............       01  SURG                 SPINAL PROCEDURES.........       2.2918          4.8          7.4
5..............       01  SURG                 EXTRACRANIAL VASCULAR            1.4321          2.3          3.3
                                                PROCEDURES.
6..............       01  SURG                 CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE.....        .8246          2.2          3.2
7..............       01  SURG                 PERIPH & CRANIAL NERVE &         2.5919          6.9         10.3
                                                OTHER NERV SYST PROC W CC.
8..............       01  SURG                 PERIPH & CRANIAL NERVE &         1.3948          2.1          3.0
                                                OTHER NERV SYST PROC W/O
                                                CC.
9..............       01  MED                  SPINAL DISORDERS &               1.3134          4.7          6.6
                                                INJURIES.
10.............       01  MED                  NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS W       1.2273          4.9          6.7
                                                CC.
11.............       01  MED                  NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS W/       .8345          3.1          4.2
                                                O CC.
12.............       01  MED                  DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS              .8925          4.5          6.1
                                                SYSTEM DISORDERS.
13.............       01  MED                  MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS &              .7644          4.1          5.1
                                                CEREBELLAR ATAXIA.
14.............       01  MED                  SPECIFIC CEREBROVASCULAR         1.2070          4.7          6.1
                                                DISORDERS EXCEPT TIA.
15.............       01  MED                  TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK         .7480          2.9          3.6
                                                & PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSIONS.
16.............       01  MED                  NONSPECIFIC                      1.1652          4.7          6.2
                                                CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS
                                                W CC.
17.............       01  MED                  NONSPECIFIC                       .6539          2.6          3.4
                                                CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS
                                                W/O CC.
18.............       01  MED                  CRANIAL & PERIPHERAL NERVE        .9600          4.3          5.6
                                                DISORDERS W CC.
19.............       01  MED                  CRANIAL & PERIPHERAL NERVE        .6963          2.9          3.7
                                                DISORDERS W/O CC.
20.............       01  MED                  NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION         2.7744          7.9         10.6
                                                EXCEPT VIRAL MENINGITIS.
21.............       01  MED                  VIRAL MENINGITIS..........       1.4966          5.2          6.9
22.............       01  MED                  HYPERTENSIVE                     1.0082          3.8          5.0
                                                ENCEPHALOPATHY.
23.............       01  MED                  NONTRAUMATIC STUPOR & COMA        .8027          3.2          4.2
24.............       01  MED                  SEIZURE & HEADACHE AGE >17        .9914          3.7          5.0
                                                W CC.
25.............       01  MED                  SEIZURE & HEADACHE AGE >17        .6043          2.6          3.3
                                                W/O CC.
26.............       01  MED                  SEIZURE & HEADACHE AGE 0-         .6441          2.4          3.2
                                                17.
27.............       01  MED                  TRAUMATIC STUPOR & COMA,         1.2912          3.2          5.1
                                                COMA 1 HR.
28.............       01  MED                  TRAUMATIC STUPOR & COMA,         1.3102          4.5          6.3
                                                COMA 1 HR AGE >17 W CC.
29.............       01  MED                  TRAUMATIC STUPOR & COMA,          .7015          2.8          3.7
                                                COMA 1 HR AGE 17 W/O CC.
30.............       01  MED                  *TRAUMATIC STUPOR & COMA,         .3320          2.0          2.0
                                                COMA 1 HR AGE 0-17.
31.............       01  MED                  CONCUSSION AGE >17 W CC...        .8715          3.1          4.2
32.............       01  MED                  CONCUSSION AGE >17 W/O CC.        .5422          2.1          2.7
33.............       01  MED                  *CONCUSSION AGE 0-17......        .2086          1.6          1.6
34.............       01  MED                  OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS       1.0099          3.8          5.2
                                                SYSTEM W CC.
35.............       01  MED                  OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS        .6027          2.7          3.4
                                                SYSTEM W/O CC.
36.............       02  SURG                 RETINAL PROCEDURES........        .6639          1.2          1.4
37.............       02  SURG                 ORBITAL PROCEDURES........       1.0016          2.6          3.7
38.............       02  SURG                 PRIMARY IRIS PROCEDURES...        .4833          1.8          2.5
39.............       02  SURG                 LENS PROCEDURES WITH OR           .5778          1.5          1.9
                                                WITHOUT VITRECTOMY.
40.............       02  SURG                 EXTRAOCULAR PROCEDURES            .8635          2.3          3.6
                                                EXCEPT ORBIT AGE >17.
41.............       02  SURG                 *EXTRAOCULAR PROCEDURES           .3380          1.6          1.6
                                                EXCEPT ORBIT AGE 0-17.
42.............       02  SURG                 INTRAOCULAR PROCEDURES            .6478          1.6          2.2
                                                EXCEPT RETINA, IRIS &
                                                LENS.
43.............       02  MED                  HYPHEMA...................        .4977          2.6          3.4
44.............       02  MED                  ACUTE MAJOR EYE INFECTIONS        .6337          4.1          5.0
45.............       02  MED                  NEUROLOGICAL EYE DISORDERS        .7022          2.7          3.3
46.............       02  MED                  OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE        .7749          3.5          4.6
                                                AGE >17 W CC.
47.............       02  MED                  OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE        .5085          2.5          3.3
                                                AGE >17 W/O CC.
48.............       02  MED                  *OTHER DISORDERS OF THE           .2977          2.9          2.9
                                                EYE AGE 0-17.
49.............       03  SURG                 MAJOR HEAD & NECK                1.8301          3.5          5.0
                                                PROCEDURES.
50.............       03  SURG                 SIALOADENECTOMY...........        .8537          1.6          2.0
51.............       03  SURG                 SALIVARY GLAND PROCEDURES         .7934          1.8          2.5
                                                EXCEPT SIALOADENECTOMY.
52.............       03  SURG                 CLEFT LIP & PALATE REPAIR.        .8410          1.6          2.1
53.............       03  SURG                 SINUS & MASTOID PROCEDURES       1.2118          2.3          3.7
                                                AGE >17.
54.............       03  SURG                 *SINUS & MASTOID                  .4826          3.2          3.2
                                                PROCEDURES AGE 0-17.
55.............       03  SURG                 MISCELLANEOUS EAR, NOSE,          .9039          1.9          2.9
                                                MOUTH & THROAT PROCEDURES.
56.............       03  SURG                 RHINOPLASTY...............        .9451          2.1          3.1
57.............       03  SURG                 T&A PROC, EXCEPT                 1.0704          2.5          4.0
                                                TONSILLECTOMY &/OR
                                                ADENOIDECTOMY ONLY, AGE
                                                >17.
58.............       03  SURG                 *T&A PROC, EXCEPT                 .2740          1.5          1.5
                                                TONSILLECTOMY &/OR
                                                ADENOIDECTOMY ONLY, AGE 0-
                                                17.
59.............       03  SURG                 TONSILLECTOMY &/OR                .6943          1.8          2.5
                                                ADENOIDECTOMY ONLY, AGE
                                                >17.
60.............       03  SURG                 *TONSILLECTOMY &/OR               .2087          1.5          1.5
                                                ADENOIDECTOMY ONLY, AGE 0-
                                                17.
61.............       03  SURG                 MYRINGOTOMY W TUBE               1.2660          2.8          4.8
                                                INSERTION AGE >17.
62.............       03  SURG                 *MYRINGOTOMY W TUBE               .2955          1.3          1.3
                                                INSERTION AGE 0-17.
63.............       03  SURG                 OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH &         1.3402          3.0          4.3
                                                THROAT O.R. PROCEDURES.
64.............       03  MED                  EAR, NOSE, MOUTH & THROAT        1.2288          4.3          6.5
                                                MALIGNANCY.
65.............       03  MED                  DYSEQUILIBRIUM............        .5385          2.3          2.9

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66.............       03  MED                  EPISTAXIS.................        .5590          2.5          3.2
67.............       03  MED                  EPIGLOTTITIS..............        .8105          2.8          3.5
68.............       03  MED                  OTITIS MEDIA & URI AGE >17        .6750          3.4          4.2
                                                W CC.
69.............       03  MED                  OTITIS MEDIA & URI AGE >17        .5152          2.7          3.3
                                                W/O CC.
70.............       03  MED                  OTITIS MEDIA & URI AGE 0-         .4628          2.4          2.9
                                                17.
71.............       03  MED                  LARYNGOTRACHEITIS.........        .7712          3.0          3.9
72.............       03  MED                  NASAL TRAUMA & DEFORMITY..        .6428          2.6          3.3
73.............       03  MED                  OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH &          .7777          3.3          4.4
                                                THROAT DIAGNOSES AGE >17.
74.............       03  MED                  *OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH &         .3358          2.1          2.1
                                                THROAT DIAGNOSES AGE 0-17.
75.............       04  SURG                 MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES....       3.1331          7.8         10.0
76.............       04  SURG                 OTHER RESP SYSTEM O.R.           2.7908          8.4         11.3
                                                PROCEDURES W CC.
77.............       04  SURG                 OTHER RESP SYSTEM O.R.           1.1887          3.5          5.0
                                                PROCEDURES W/O CC.
78.............       04  MED                  PULMONARY EMBOLISM........       1.3698          6.0          7.0
79.............       04  MED                  RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS &         1.6501          6.6          8.5
                                                INFLAMMATIONS AGE >17 W
                                                CC.
80.............       04  MED                  RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS &          .9373          4.7          5.8
                                                INFLAMMATIONS AGE >17 W/O
                                                CC.
81.............       04  MED                  *RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS &        1.5204          6.1          6.1
                                                INFLAMMATIONS AGE 0-17.
82.............       04  MED                  RESPIRATORY NEOPLASMS.....       1.3799          5.2          7.0
83.............       04  MED                  MAJOR CHEST TRAUMA W CC...        .9808          4.4          5.6
84.............       04  MED                  MAJOR CHEST TRAUMA W/O CC.        .5539          2.8          3.4
85.............       04  MED                  PLEURAL EFFUSION W CC.....       1.2198          4.9          6.4
86.............       04  MED                  PLEURAL EFFUSION W/O CC...        .6984          2.9          3.8
87.............       04  MED                  PULMONARY EDEMA &                1.3781          4.8          6.3
                                                RESPIRATORY FAILURE.
88.............       04  MED                  CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE               .9317          4.2          5.2
                                                PULMONARY DISEASE.
89.............       04  MED                  SIMPLE PNEUMONIA &               1.0647          5.0          6.0
                                                PLEURISY AGE >17 W CC.
90.............       04  MED                  SIMPLE PNEUMONIA &                .6590          3.6          4.2
                                                PLEURISY AGE >17 W/O CC.
91.............       04  MED                  SIMPLE PNEUMONIA &                .6890          2.8          3.4
                                                PLEURISY AGE 0-17.
92.............       04  MED                  INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE        1.1863          5.0          6.3
                                                W CC.
93.............       04  MED                  INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE         .7309          3.3          4.1
                                                W/O CC.
94.............       04  MED                  PNEUMOTHORAX W CC.........       1.1704          4.8          6.3
95.............       04  MED                  PNEUMOTHORAX W/O CC.......        .6098          3.0          3.7
96.............       04  MED                  BRONCHITIS & ASTHMA AGE           .7871          3.9          4.7
                                                >17 W CC.
97.............       04  MED                  BRONCHITIS & ASTHMA AGE           .5873          3.1          3.7
                                                >17 W/O CC.
98.............       04  MED                  BRONCHITIS & ASTHMA AGE 0-        .8768          3.2          4.7
                                                17.
99.............       04  MED                  RESPIRATORY SIGNS &               .7117          2.5          3.2
                                                SYMPTOMS W CC.
100............       04  MED                  RESPIRATORY SIGNS &               .5437          1.8          2.2
                                                SYMPTOMS W/O CC.
101............       04  MED                  OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM          .8563          3.3          4.4
                                                DIAGNOSES W CC.
102............       04  MED                  OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM          .5550          2.1          2.7
                                                DIAGNOSES W/O CC.
103............      PRE  SURG                 HEART TRANSPLANT..........      19.0098         30.7         51.8
104............       05  SURG                 CARDIAC VALVE & OTHER            7.1843          8.9         11.7
                                                MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROC
                                                W CARDIAC CATH.
105............       05  SURG                 CARDIAC VALVE & OTHER            5.6567          7.4          9.3
                                                MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROC
                                                W/O CARDIAC CATH.
106............       05  SURG                 CORONARY BYPASS W PTCA....       7.5203          9.3         11.2
107............       05  SURG                 CORONARY BYPASS W CARDIAC        5.3762          9.2         10.3
                                                CATH.
108............       05  SURG                 OTHER CARDIOTHORACIC             5.6525          8.0         10.6
                                                PROCEDURES.
109............       05  SURG                 CORONARY BYPASS W/O PTCA         4.0198          6.8          7.7
                                                OR CARDIAC CATH.
110............       05  SURG                 MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR             4.1358          7.1          9.5
                                                PROCEDURES W CC.
111............       05  SURG                 MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR             2.2410          4.7          5.5
                                                PROCEDURES W/O CC.
112............       05  SURG                 PERCUTANEOUS                     1.8677          2.6          3.8
                                                CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES.
113............       05  SURG                 AMPUTATION FOR CIRC SYSTEM       2.7806          9.8         12.8
                                                DISORDERS EXCEPT UPPER
                                                LIMB & TOE.
114............       05  SURG                 UPPER LIMB & TOE                 1.5656          6.0          8.3
                                                AMPUTATION FOR CIRC
                                                SYSTEM DISORDERS.
115............       05  SURG                 PRM CARD PACEM IMPL W            3.4711          6.0          8.4
                                                AMI,HRT FAIL OR SHK,OR
                                                AICD LEAD OR GNRTR PR.
116............       05  SURG                 OTH PERM CARD PACEMAK IMPL       2.4190          2.6          3.7
                                                OR PTCA W CORONARY ARTERY
                                                STENT IMPLNT.
117............       05  SURG                 CARDIAC PACEMAKER REVISION       1.2966          2.6          4.0
                                                EXCEPT DEVICE REPLACEMENT.
118............       05  SURG                 CARDIAC PACEMAKER DEVICE         1.4939          1.9          2.8
                                                REPLACEMENT.
119............       05  SURG                 VEIN LIGATION & STRIPPING.       1.2600          2.9          4.9
120............       05  SURG                 OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM         2.0352          4.9          8.1
                                                O.R. PROCEDURES.
121............       05  MED                  CIRCULATORY DISORDERS W          1.6194          5.5          6.7
                                                AMI & MAJOR COMP,
                                                DISCHARGED ALIVE.
122............       05  MED                  CIRCULATORY DISORDERS W          1.0884          3.3          4.0
                                                AMI W/O MAJOR COMP,
                                                DISCHARGED ALIVE.
123............       05  MED                  CIRCULATORY DISORDERS W          1.5528          2.8          4.6
                                                AMI, EXPIRED.

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124............       05  MED                  CIRCULATORY DISORDERS            1.4134          3.3          4.4
                                                EXCEPT AMI, W CARD CATH &
                                                COMPLEX DIAG.
125............       05  MED                  CIRCULATORY DISORDERS            1.0606          2.2          2.8
                                                EXCEPT AMI, W CARD CATH W/
                                                O COMPLEX DIAG.
126............       05  MED                  ACUTE & SUBACUTE                 2.5379          9.3         12.0
                                                ENDOCARDITIS.
127............       05  MED                  HEART FAILURE & SHOCK.....       1.0130          4.2          5.4
128............       05  MED                  DEEP VEIN THROMBOPHLEBITIS        .7651          5.0          5.8
129............       05  MED                  CARDIAC ARREST,                  1.0968          1.8          2.9
                                                UNEXPLAINED.
130............       05  MED                  PERIPHERAL VASCULAR               .9471          4.7          5.9
                                                DISORDERS W CC.
131............       05  MED                  PERIPHERAL VASCULAR               .5898          3.6          4.4
                                                DISORDERS W/O CC.
132............       05  MED                  ATHEROSCLEROSIS W CC......        .6707          2.4          3.1
133............       05  MED                  ATHEROSCLEROSIS W/O CC....        .5663          1.9          2.4
134............       05  MED                  HYPERTENSION..............        .5917          2.6          3.3
135............       05  MED                  CARDIAC CONGENITAL &              .9083          3.3          4.5
                                                VALVULAR DISORDERS AGE
                                                >17 W CC.
136............       05  MED                  CARDIAC CONGENITAL &              .6065          2.2          2.9
                                                VALVULAR DISORDERS AGE
                                                >17 W/O CC.
137............       05  MED                  *CARDIAC CONGENITAL &             .8192          3.3          3.3
                                                VALVULAR DISORDERS AGE 0-
                                                17.
138............       05  MED                  CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA &              .8291          3.1          4.0
                                                CONDUCTION DISORDERS W CC.
139............       05  MED                  CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA &              .5141          2.0          2.5
                                                CONDUCTION DISORDERS W/O
                                                CC.
140............       05  MED                  ANGINA PECTORIS...........        .5740          2.2          2.7
141............       05  MED                  SYNCOPE & COLLAPSE W CC...        .7219          2.9          3.7
142............       05  MED                  SYNCOPE & COLLAPSE W/O CC.        .5552          2.2          2.7
143............       05  MED                  CHEST PAIN................        .5402          1.8          2.2
144............       05  MED                  OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM         1.1668          3.8          5.4
                                                DIAGNOSES W CC.
145............       05  MED                  OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM          .6322          2.2          2.8
                                                DIAGNOSES W/O CC.
146............       06  SURG                 RECTAL RESECTION W CC.....       2.7430          8.9         10.2
147............       06  SURG                 RECTAL RESECTION W/O CC...       1.6221          6.0          6.6
148............       06  SURG                 MAJOR SMALL & LARGE BOWEL        3.4347         10.1         12.1
                                                PROCEDURES W CC.
149............       06  SURG                 MAJOR SMALL & LARGE BOWEL        1.5667          6.1          6.7
                                                PROCEDURES W/O CC.
150............       06  SURG                 PERITONEAL ADHESIOLYSIS W        2.8523          9.1         11.2
                                                CC.
151............       06  SURG                 PERITONEAL ADHESIOLYSIS W/       1.3427          4.8          5.9
                                                O CC.
152............       06  SURG                 MINOR SMALL & LARGE BOWEL        1.9462          6.8          8.2
                                                PROCEDURES W CC.
153............       06  SURG                 MINOR SMALL & LARGE BOWEL        1.2080          4.9          5.5
                                                PROCEDURES W/O CC.
154............       06  SURG                 STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL &            4.1475         10.1         13.3
                                                DUODENAL PROCEDURES AGE
                                                >17 W CC.
155............       06  SURG                 STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL &            1.3751          3.3          4.4
                                                DUODENAL PROCEDURES AGE
                                                >17 W/O CC.
156............       06  SURG                 *STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL &            .8436          6.0          6.0
                                                DUODENAL PROCEDURES AGE 0-
                                                17.
157............       06  SURG                 ANAL & STOMAL PROCEDURES W       1.2388          3.9          5.5
                                                CC.
158............       06  SURG                 ANAL & STOMAL PROCEDURES W/       .6638          2.1          2.6
                                                O CC.
159............       06  SURG                 HERNIA PROCEDURES EXCEPT         1.3347          3.8          5.0
                                                INGUINAL & FEMORAL AGE
                                                >17 W CC.
160............       06  SURG                 HERNIA PROCEDURES EXCEPT          .7837          2.2          2.7
                                                INGUINAL & FEMORAL AGE
                                                >17 W/O CC.
161............       06  SURG                 INGUINAL & FEMORAL HERNIA        1.1017          2.9          4.2
                                                PROCEDURES AGE >17 W CC.
162............       06  SURG                 INGUINAL & FEMORAL HERNIA         .6229          1.6          2.0
                                                PROCEDURES AGE >17 W/O CC.
163............       06  SURG                 HERNIA PROCEDURES AGE 0-17        .6921          2.4          2.9
164............       06  SURG                 APPENDECTOMY W COMPLICATED       2.3760          7.1          8.4
                                                PRINCIPAL DIAG W CC.
165............       06  SURG                 APPENDECTOMY W COMPLICATED       1.2838          4.3          4.9
                                                PRINCIPAL DIAG W/O CC.
166............       06  SURG                 APPENDECTOMY W/O                 1.4802          4.0          5.1
                                                COMPLICATED PRINCIPAL
                                                DIAG W CC.
167............       06  SURG                 APPENDECTOMY W/O                  .8937          2.3          2.7
                                                COMPLICATED PRINCIPAL
                                                DIAG W/O CC.
168............       03  SURG                 MOUTH PROCEDURES W CC.....       1.2141          3.2          4.7
169............       03  SURG                 MOUTH PROCEDURES W/O CC...        .7455          1.9          2.4
170............       06  SURG                 OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM           2.8686          7.7         11.2
                                                O.R. PROCEDURES W CC.
171............       06  SURG                 OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM           1.1975          3.6          4.8
                                                O.R. PROCEDURES W/O CC.
172............       06  MED                  DIGESTIVE MALIGNANCY W CC.       1.3485          5.1          7.0
173............       06  MED                  DIGESTIVE MALIGNANCY W/O          .7700          2.8          3.9
                                                CC.
174............       06  MED                  G.I. HEMORRHAGE W CC......        .9985          3.9          4.8
175............       06  MED                  G.I. HEMORRHAGE W/O CC....        .5501          2.5          2.9
176............       06  MED                  COMPLICATED PEPTIC ULCER..       1.1052          4.1          5.3
177............       06  MED                  UNCOMPLICATED PEPTIC ULCER        .8998          3.7          4.6
                                                W CC.
178............       06  MED                  UNCOMPLICATED PEPTIC ULCER        .6604          2.6          3.1
                                                W/O CC.
179............       06  MED                  INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE       1.0576          4.7          6.0
180............       06  MED                  G.I. OBSTRUCTION W CC.....        .9423          4.2          5.4
181............       06  MED                  G.I. OBSTRUCTION W/O CC...        .5304          2.8          3.4
182............       06  MED                  ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENT &          .7922          3.4          4.4
                                                MISC DIGEST DISORDERS AGE
                                                >17 W CC.

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183............       06  MED                  ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENT &          .5717          2.4          3.0
                                                MISC DIGEST DISORDERS AGE
                                                >17 W/O CC.
184............       06  MED                  ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENT &          .5119          2.5          3.3
                                                MISC DIGEST DISORDERS AGE
                                                0-17.
185............       03  MED                  DENTAL & ORAL DIS EXCEPT          .8621          3.3          4.5
                                                EXTRACTIONS &
                                                RESTORATIONS, AGE >17.
186............       03  MED                  *DENTAL & ORAL DIS EXCEPT         .3216          2.9          2.9
                                                EXTRACTIONS &
                                                RESTORATIONS, AGE 0-17.
187............       03  MED                  DENTAL EXTRACTIONS &              .7649          2.9          3.8
                                                RESTORATIONS.
188............       06  MED                  OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM           1.1005          4.1          5.6
                                                DIAGNOSES AGE >17 W CC.
189............       06  MED                  OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM            .5796          2.4          3.1
                                                DIAGNOSES AGE >17 W/O CC.
190............       06  MED                  OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM            .9884          4.1          6.0
                                                DIAGNOSES AGE 0-17.
191............       07  SURG                 PANCREAS, LIVER & SHUNT          4.3914         10.5         14.2
                                                PROCEDURES W CC.
192............       07  SURG                 PANCREAS, LIVER & SHUNT          1.7916          5.3          6.6
                                                PROCEDURES W/O CC.
193............       07  SURG                 BILIARY TRACT PROC EXCEPT        3.3861         10.3         12.6
                                                ONLY CHOLECYST W OR W/O
                                                C.D.E. W CC.
194............       07  SURG                 BILIARY TRACT PROC EXCEPT        1.6191          5.6          6.8
                                                ONLY CHOLECYST W OR W/O
                                                C.D.E. W/O CC.
195............       07  SURG                 CHOLECYSTECTOMY W C.D.E. W       2.9062          8.3          9.9
                                                CC.
196............       07  SURG                 CHOLECYSTECTOMY W C.D.E. W/      1.6593          4.9          5.7
                                                O CC.
197............       07  SURG                 CHOLECYSTECTOMY EXCEPT BY        2.4544          7.2          8.7
                                                LAPAROSCOPE W/O C.D.E. W
                                                CC.
198............       07  SURG                 CHOLECYSTECTOMY EXCEPT BY        1.2339          3.9          4.5
                                                LAPAROSCOPE W/O C.D.E. W/
                                                O CC.
199............       07  SURG                 HEPATOBILIARY DIAGNOSTIC         2.3584          7.2          9.7
                                                PROCEDURE FOR MALIGNANCY.
200............       07  SURG                 HEPATOBILIARY DIAGNOSTIC         3.2262          7.0         10.8
                                                PROCEDURE FOR NON-
                                                MALIGNANCY.
201............       07  SURG                 OTHER HEPATOBILIARY OR           3.4035         10.2         13.9
                                                PANCREAS O.R. PROCEDURES.
202............       07  MED                  CIRRHOSIS & ALCOHOLIC            1.3001          4.9          6.5
                                                HEPATITIS.
203............       07  MED                  MALIGNANCY OF                    1.3250          5.0          6.7
                                                HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM OR
                                                PANCREAS.
204............       07  MED                  DISORDERS OF PANCREAS            1.2018          4.5          5.9
                                                EXCEPT MALIGNANCY.
205............       07  MED                  DISORDERS OF LIVER EXCEPT        1.2048          4.7          6.3
                                                MALIG,CIRR,ALC HEPA W CC.
206............       07  MED                  DISORDERS OF LIVER EXCEPT         .6751          3.0          3.9
                                                MALIG,CIRR,ALC HEPA W/O
                                                CC.
207............       07  MED                  DISORDERS OF THE BILIARY         1.1032          4.0          5.2
                                                TRACT W CC.
208............       07  MED                  DISORDERS OF THE BILIARY          .6538          2.3          2.9
                                                TRACT W/O CC.
209............       08  SURG                 MAJOR JOINT & LIMB               2.0912          4.6          5.2
                                                REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES
                                                OF LOWER EXTREMITY.
210............       08  SURG                 HIP & FEMUR PROCEDURES           1.8152          6.0          6.9
                                                EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT AGE
                                                >17 W CC.
211............       08  SURG                 HIP & FEMUR PROCEDURES           1.2647          4.5          4.9
                                                EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT AGE
                                                >17 W/O CC.
212............       08  SURG                 *HIP & FEMUR PROCEDURES           .8472         11.1         11.1
                                                EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT AGE 0-
                                                17.
213............       08  SURG                 AMPUTATION FOR                   1.7726          6.4          8.7
                                                MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM &
                                                CONN TISSUE DISORDERS.
214............       08  SURG                 NO LONGER VALID...........        .0000           .0           .0
215............       08  SURG                 NO LONGER VALID...........        .0000           .0           .0
216............       08  SURG                 BIOPSIES OF                      2.2042          7.1          9.8
                                                MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM &
                                                CONNECTIVE TISSUE.
217............       08  SURG                 WND DEBRID & SKN GRFT            2.9230          8.9         13.2
                                                EXCEPT HAND,FOR
                                                MUSCSKELET & CONN TISS
                                                DIS.
218............       08  SURG                 LOWER EXTREM & HUMER PROC        1.5337          4.2          5.4
                                                EXCEPT HIP, FOOT, FEMUR
                                                AGE >17 W CC.
219............       08  SURG                 LOWER EXTREM & HUMER PROC        1.0255          2.7          3.3
                                                EXCEPT HIP, FOOT, FEMUR
                                                AGE >17 W/O CC.
220............       08  SURG                 *LOWER EXTREM & HUMER PROC        .5844          5.3          5.3
                                                EXCEPT HIP, FOOT, FEMUR
                                                AGE 0-17.
221............       08  SURG                 NO LONGER VALID...........        .0000           .0           .0
222............       08  SURG                 NO LONGER VALID...........        .0000           .0           .0
223............       08  SURG                 MAJOR SHOULDER/ELBOW PROC,        .9585          2.0          2.6
                                                OR OTHER UPPER EXTREMITY
                                                PROC W CC.
224............       08  SURG                 SHOULDER, ELBOW OR FOREARM        .7997          1.7          2.1
                                                PROC, EXC MAJOR JOINT
                                                PROC, W/O CC.
225............       08  SURG                 FOOT PROCEDURES...........       1.0851          3.3          4.7
226............       08  SURG                 SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES W         1.4770          4.3          6.3
                                                CC.
227............       08  SURG                 SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES W/O        .8036          2.1          2.7
                                                CC.
228............       08  SURG                 MAJOR THUMB OR JOINT             1.0664          2.4          3.6
                                                PROC,OR OTH HAND OR WRIST
                                                PROC W CC.
229............       08  SURG                 HAND OR WRIST PROC, EXCEPT        .7169          1.8          2.4
                                                MAJOR JOINT PROC, W/O CC.

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230............       08  SURG                 LOCAL EXCISION & REMOVAL         1.2490          3.4          5.1
                                                OF INT FIX DEVICES OF HIP
                                                & FEMUR.
231............       08  SURG                 LOCAL EXCISION & REMOVAL         1.3825          3.2          4.8
                                                OF INT FIX DEVICES EXCEPT
                                                HIP & FEMUR.
232............       08  SURG                 ARTHROSCOPY...............       1.0828          2.3          3.6
233............       08  SURG                 OTHER MUSCULOSKELET SYS &        2.0890          5.3          7.7
                                                CONN TISS O.R. PROC W CC.
234............       08  SURG                 OTHER MUSCULOSKELET SYS &        1.2661          2.7          3.6
                                                CONN TISS O.R. PROC W/O
                                                CC.
235............       08  MED                  FRACTURES OF FEMUR........        .7582          3.8          5.2
236............       08  MED                  FRACTURES OF HIP & PELVIS.        .7218          4.0          5.0
237............       08  MED                  SPRAINS, STRAINS, &               .5681          3.0          3.7
                                                DISLOCATIONS OF HIP,
                                                PELVIS & THIGH.
238............       08  MED                  OSTEOMYELITIS.............       1.3496          6.4          8.6
239............       08  MED                  PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES &          .9745          4.9          6.2
                                                MUSCULOSKELETAL & CONN
                                                TISS MALIGNANCY.
240............       08  MED                  CONNECTIVE TISSUE                1.2712          4.9          6.6
                                                DISORDERS W CC.
241............       08  MED                  CONNECTIVE TISSUE                 .6177          3.1          3.9
                                                DISORDERS W/O CC.
242............       08  MED                  SEPTIC ARTHRITIS..........       1.0724          5.1          6.6
243............       08  MED                  MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS.....        .7262          3.7          4.7
244............       08  MED                  BONE DISEASES & SPECIFIC          .7155          3.7          4.8
                                                ARTHROPATHIES W CC.
245............       08  MED                  BONE DISEASES & SPECIFIC          .4832          2.8          3.6
                                                ARTHROPATHIES W/O CC.
246............       08  MED                  NON-SPECIFIC ARTHROPATHIES        .5570          2.9          3.6
247............       08  MED                  SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF               .5696          2.6          3.5
                                                MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM &
                                                CONN TISSUE.
248............       08  MED                  TENDONITIS, MYOSITIS &            .7864          3.7          4.8
                                                BURSITIS.
249............       08  MED                  AFTERCARE, MUSCULOSKELETAL        .6913          2.6          3.8
                                                SYSTEM & CONNECTIVE
                                                TISSUE.
250............       08  MED                  FX, SPRN, STRN & DISL OF          .6929          3.3          4.3
                                                FOREARM, HAND, FOOT AGE
                                                >17 W CC.
251............       08  MED                  FX, SPRN, STRN & DISL OF          .4995          2.4          3.0
                                                FOREARM, HAND, FOOT AGE
                                                >17 W/O CC.
252............       08  MED                  *FX, SPRN, STRN & DISL OF         .2538          1.8          1.8
                                                FOREARM, HAND, FOOT AGE 0-
                                                17.
253............       08  MED                  FX, SPRN, STRN & DISL OF          .7253          3.7          4.7
                                                UPARM,LOWLEG EX FOOT AGE
                                                >17 W CC.
254............       08  MED                  FX, SPRN, STRN & DISL OF          .4413          2.6          3.2
                                                UPARM,LOWLEG EX FOOT AGE
                                                >17 W/O CC.
255............       08  MED                  *FX, SPRN, STRN & DISL OF         .2956          2.9          2.9
                                                UPARM,LOWLEG EX FOOT AGE
                                                0-17.
256............       08  MED                  OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL             .7959          3.8          5.2
                                                SYSTEM & CONNECTIVE
                                                TISSUE DIAGNOSES.
257............       09  SURG                 TOTAL MASTECTOMY FOR              .9107          2.3          2.8
                                                MALIGNANCY W CC.
258............       09  SURG                 TOTAL MASTECTOMY FOR              .7232          1.8          2.0
                                                MALIGNANCY W/O CC.
259............       09  SURG                 SUBTOTAL MASTECTOMY FOR           .9068          1.8          2.8
                                                MALIGNANCY W CC.
260............       09  SURG                 SUBTOTAL MASTECTOMY FOR           .6532          1.3          1.4
                                                MALIGNANCY W/O CC.
261............       09  SURG                 BREAST PROC FOR NON-              .9362          1.7          2.2
                                                MALIGNANCY EXCEPT BIOPSY
                                                & LOCAL EXCISION.
262............       09  SURG                 BREAST BIOPSY & LOCAL             .8754          2.7          3.8
                                                EXCISION FOR NON-
                                                MALIGNANCY.
263............       09  SURG                 SKIN GRAFT &/OR DEBRID FOR       2.1219          8.9         12.2
                                                SKN ULCER OR CELLULITIS W
                                                CC.
264............       09  SURG                 SKIN GRAFT &/OR DEBRID FOR       1.1479          5.4          7.2
                                                SKN ULCER OR CELLULITIS W/
                                                O CC.
265............       09  SURG                 SKIN GRAFT &/OR DEBRID           1.5309          4.3          6.6
                                                EXCEPT FOR SKIN ULCER OR
                                                CELLULITIS W CC.
266............       09  SURG                 SKIN GRAFT &/OR DEBRID            .8707          2.4          3.3
                                                EXCEPT FOR SKIN ULCER OR
                                                CELLULITIS W/O CC.
267............       09  SURG                 PERIANAL & PILONIDAL             1.0792          3.1          5.2
                                                PROCEDURES.
268............       09  SURG                 SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE        1.1405          2.4          3.7
                                                & BREAST PLASTIC
                                                PROCEDURES.
269............       09  SURG                 OTHER SKIN, SUBCUT TISS &        1.7004          5.8          8.3
                                                BREAST PROC W CC.
270............       09  SURG                 OTHER SKIN, SUBCUT TISS &         .7670          2.3          3.3
                                                BREAST PROC W/O CC.
271............       09  MED                  SKIN ULCERS...............       1.0104          5.5          7.1
272............       09  MED                  MAJOR SKIN DISORDERS W CC.        .9994          4.8          6.3
273............       09  MED                  MAJOR SKIN DISORDERS W/O          .6179          3.2          4.2
                                                CC.
274............       09  MED                  MALIGNANT BREAST DISORDERS       1.2061          4.9          7.0
                                                W CC.
275............       09  MED                  MALIGNANT BREAST DISORDERS        .5301          2.4          3.4
                                                W/O CC.
276............       09  MED                  NON-MALIGANT BREAST               .6899          3.6          4.6
                                                DISORDERS.
277............       09  MED                  CELLULITIS AGE >17 W CC...        .8396          4.7          5.7
278............       09  MED                  CELLULITIS AGE >17 W/O CC.        .5522          3.6          4.3
279............       09  MED                  *CELLULITIS AGE 0-17......        .6644          4.2          4.2
280............       09  MED                  TRAUMA TO THE SKIN, SUBCUT        .6788          3.2          4.2
                                                TISS & BREAST AGE >17 W
                                                CC.

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281............       09  MED                  TRAUMA TO THE SKIN, SUBCUT        .4729          2.4          3.1
                                                TISS & BREAST AGE >17 W/O
                                                CC.
282............       09  MED                  *TRAUMA TO THE SKIN,              .2570          2.2          2.2
                                                SUBCUT TISS & BREAST AGE
                                                0-17.
283............       09  MED                  MINOR SKIN DISORDERS W CC.        .6917          3.5          4.6
284............       09  MED                  MINOR SKIN DISORDERS W/O          .4336          2.5          3.2
                                                CC.
285............       10  SURG                 AMPUTAT OF LOWER LIMB FOR        1.9961          7.7         10.5
                                                ENDOCRINE, NUTRIT, &
                                                METABOL DISORDERS.
286............       10  SURG                 ADRENAL & PITUITARY              2.1299          4.9          6.2
                                                PROCEDURES.
287............       10  SURG                 SKIN GRAFTS & WOUND DEBRID       1.8283          7.8         10.5
                                                FOR ENDOC, NUTRIT & METAB
                                                DISORDERS.
288............       10  SURG                 O.R. PROCEDURES FOR              2.1607          4.5          5.7
                                                OBESITY.
289............       10  SURG                 PARATHYROID PROCEDURES....        .9914          2.0          3.1
290............       10  SURG                 THYROID PROCEDURES........        .9193          1.8          2.4
291............       10  SURG                 THYROGLOSSAL PROCEDURES...        .5487          1.4          1.6
292............       10  SURG                 OTHER ENDOCRINE, NUTRIT &        2.4538          6.9         10.0
                                                METAB O.R. PROC W CC.
293............       10  SURG                 OTHER ENDOCRINE, NUTRIT &        1.2289          3.6          5.1
                                                METAB O.R. PROC W/O CC.
294............       10  MED                  DIABETES AGE >35..........        .7589          3.6          4.7
295............       10  MED                  DIABETES AGE 0-35.........        .7587          2.9          3.9
296............       10  MED                  NUTRITIONAL & MISC                .8594          4.0          5.2
                                                METABOLIC DISORDERS AGE
                                                >17 W CC.
297............       10  MED                  NUTRITIONAL & MISC                .5179          2.8          3.5
                                                METABOLIC DISORDERS AGE
                                                >17 W/O CC.
298............       10  MED                  NUTRITIONAL & MISC                .5269          2.5          3.1
                                                METABOLIC DISORDERS AGE 0-
                                                17.
299............       10  MED                  INBORN ERRORS OF                  .9632          4.0          5.6
                                                METABOLISM.
300............       10  MED                  ENDOCRINE DISORDERS W CC..       1.0829          4.7          6.1
301............       10  MED                  ENDOCRINE DISORDERS W/O CC        .6133          2.9          3.7
302............       11  SURG                 KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.........       3.4241          7.9          9.4
303............       11  SURG                 KIDNEY, URETER & MAJOR           2.4602          7.0          8.5
                                                BLADDER PROCEDURES FOR
                                                NEOPLASM.
304............       11  SURG                 KIDNEY, URETER & MAJOR           2.3407          6.4          8.9
                                                BLADDER PROC FOR NON-
                                                NEOPL W CC.
305............       11  SURG                 KIDNEY, URETER & MAJOR           1.1825          3.1          3.8
                                                BLADDER PROC FOR NON-
                                                NEOPL W/O CC.
306............       11  SURG                 PROSTATECTOMY W CC........       1.2489          3.7          5.5
307............       11  SURG                 PROSTATECTOMY W/O CC......        .6460          1.9          2.3
308............       11  SURG                 MINOR BLADDER PROCEDURES W       1.6449          4.2          6.4
                                                CC.
309............       11  SURG                 MINOR BLADDER PROCEDURES W/       .9339          2.0          2.5
                                                O CC.
310............       11  SURG                 TRANSURETHRAL PROCEDURES W       1.1172          3.0          4.4
                                                CC.
311............       11  SURG                 TRANSURETHRAL PROCEDURES W/       .6174          1.6          1.9
                                                O CC.
312............       11  SURG                 URETHRAL PROCEDURES, AGE         1.0173          3.0          4.5
                                                >17 W CC.
313............       11  SURG                 URETHRAL PROCEDURES, AGE          .6444          1.7          2.1
                                                >17 W/O CC.
314............       11  SURG                 *URETHRAL PROCEDURES, AGE         .4953          2.3          2.3
                                                0-17.
315............       11  SURG                 OTHER KIDNEY & URINARY           2.0474          4.2          7.5
                                                TRACT O.R. PROCEDURES.
316............       11  MED                  RENAL FAILURE.............       1.3424          4.9          6.7
317............       11  MED                  ADMIT FOR RENAL DIALYSIS..        .7395          2.1          3.2
318............       11  MED                  KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT           1.1313          4.3          6.0
                                                NEOPLASMS W CC.
319............       11  MED                  KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT            .6040          2.2          2.9
                                                NEOPLASMS W/O CC.
320............       11  MED                  KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT            .8621          4.3          5.4
                                                INFECTIONS AGE >17 W CC.
321............       11  MED                  KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT            .5686          3.2          3.8
                                                INFECTIONS AGE >17 W/O CC.
322............       11  MED                  KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT            .4939          3.3          4.1
                                                INFECTIONS AGE 0-17.
323............       11  MED                  URINARY STONES W CC, &/OR         .7996          2.4          3.2
                                                ESW LITHOTRIPSY.
324............       11  MED                  URINARY STONES W/O CC.....        .4509          1.6          1.9
325............       11  MED                  KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT            .6460          3.0          3.9
                                                SIGNS & SYMPTOMS AGE >17
                                                W CC.
326............       11  MED                  KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT            .4297          2.1          2.7
                                                SIGNS & SYMPTOMS AGE >17
                                                W/O CC.
327............       11  MED                  *KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT           .3543          3.1          3.1
                                                SIGNS & SYMPTOMS AGE 0-17.
328............       11  MED                  URETHRAL STRICTURE AGE >17        .7455          2.8          3.9
                                                W CC.
329............       11  MED                  URETHRAL STRICTURE AGE >17        .5253          1.7          2.0
                                                W/O CC.
330............       11  MED                  *URETHRAL STRICTURE AGE 0-        .3191          1.6          1.6
                                                17.
331............       11  MED                  OTHER KIDNEY & URINARY           1.0221          4.1          5.6
                                                TRACT DIAGNOSES AGE >17 W
                                                CC.
332............       11  MED                  OTHER KIDNEY & URINARY            .5997          2.5          3.3
                                                TRACT DIAGNOSES AGE >17 W/
                                                O CC.
333............       11  MED                  OTHER KIDNEY & URINARY            .8247          3.5          5.0