TABLE 8A.STATEWIDE AVERAGE OPERATING COST-TO-CHARGE RATIOSJULY 2008		
State	Urban	Rural
Alabama	0.256	0.331
Alaska	0.401	0.724
Arizona	0.284	0.395
Arkansas	0.318	0.365
California	0.223	0.293
Colorado	0.276	0.434
Connecticut	0.399	0.528
Delaware	0.482	0.436
District of Columbia*	0.335	----
Florida	0.237	0.273
Georgia	0.324	0.392
Hawaii	0.387	0.504
Idaho	0.462	0.535
Illinois	0.308	0.392
Indiana	0.386	0.456
Iowa	0.342	0.439
Kansas	0.288	0.424
Kentucky	0.372	0.369
Louisiana	0.291	0.347
Maine	0.497	0.463
Maryland	0.709	0.819
Massachusetts*	0.469	----
Michigan	0.359	0.457
Minnesota	0.398	0.517
Mississippi	0.301	0.352
Missouri	0.321	0.355
Montana	0.421	0.463
Nebraska	0.334	0.454
Nevada	0.218	0.475
New Hampshire	0.442	0.43
New Jersey*	0.178	----
New Mexico	0.376	0.348
New York	0.347	0.519
North Carolina	0.398	0.396
North Dakota	0.426	0.458
Ohio	0.335	0.52
Oklahoma	0.293	0.381
Oregon	0.455	0.414
Pennsylvania	0.263	0.409
Puerto Rico*	0.475	----
Rhode Island*	0.388	----
South Carolina	0.285	0.301
South Dakota	0.323	0.417
Tennessee	0.29	0.363
Texas	0.253	0.339
Utah	0.416	0.581
Vermont	0.542	0.601
Virginia	0.354	0.355
Washington	0.382	0.443
West Virginia	0.468	0.445
Wisconsin	0.414	0.457
Wyoming	0.41	0.544

"*All counties in the State or Territory are classified as urban, with the exception of Massachusetts, which has areas designated as rural.  "		
"However, no short-term acute care IPPS hospitals are located in those areas as of March 2008."		
