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Wide Variation by State: The average cost of inpatient hospital stays for mental health or substance abuse disorders vary widely from state to state. The average cost of a MH stay in the highest cost state ($13,300) was four times that in the lowest cost state ($2,900).
As Elisabeth Rosenthal reported last week in The Times, the amount paid by a patient and the patientâs insurance plan for a routine colonoscopy can be as high as $8,500 in the New York area, compared with a high of $1,900 in Baltimore. The low price in New York was $740, less than a tenth of the highest price.