Top 10 States for Physician Medicare Payments

From a per-beneficiary standpoint, the following 10 states represent more than 56 percent of the total Medicare physician payments. Payments to rural providers in these states are more than 84 percent less than payments made to urban providers. Data is from the iVantage Rural Relevance Under Healthcare Reform report. Payments are presented in total dollars.

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1. Florida
• Total: $8,876,590,913
• Urban: $8,131,269,779
• Rural: $745,321,134

2. California
• Total: $7,198,051,103
• Urban: $6,940,534,900
• Rural: $257,516,203

3. Texas
• Total: $6,664,721,100
• Urban: $5,331,311,696
• Rural: $1,333,409,404

4. New York
• Total: $5,818,432,091
• Urban: $5,366,553,077
• Rural: $451,879,014

5. Illinois
• Total: $4,241,232,487
• Urban: $3,573,647,963
• Rural: $667,584,524

6. Michigan
• Total: $3,887,459,774
• Urban: $3,123,666,770
• Rural: $763,793,004

7. New Jersey
• Total: $3,645,280,432
• Urban: $3,645,280,432
• Rural: $0

8. Pennsylvania
• Total: $3,536,394,859
• Urban: $2,898,514,434
• Rural: $637,880,426

9. Ohio
• Total: $3,106,474,126
• Urban: $2,400,136,151
• Rural: $706,337,975

10. North Carolina
• Total: $3,020,482,497
• Urban: $1,830,030,716
• Rural: $1,190,451,781

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