TABLE 4B.--WAGE INDEX AND CAPITAL GEOGRAPHIC ADJUSTMENT (GAF) FOR ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS  IN RURAL AREAS AND BY STATR BY CBSA					
CBSA CODE	Rural Area	State 	Wage Index	GAF	
01	Alabama	AL	0.7436	0.8164	
02	Alaska	AK	1.2573	1.1698	
03	Arizona	AZ	0.9088	0.9366	
04	Arkansas	AR	0.7479	0.8196	
05	California	CA	1.187	1.1246	
06	Colorado	CO	0.9661	0.9767	
07	Connecticut	CT	1.2501	1.1652	
08	Delaware	DE	1.004	1.0027	
10	Florida	FL	0.8429	0.8896	
11	Georgia	GA	0.7747	0.8396	
12	Hawaii	HI	1.1343	1.0901	
13	Idaho	ID	0.755	0.8249	
14	Illinois	IL	0.8338	0.883	
15	Indiana	IN	0.8358	0.8844	
16	Iowa	IA	0.8469	0.8924	
17	Kansas	KS	0.7987	0.8573	
18	Kentucky	KY	0.7968	0.8559	
19	Louisiana	LA	0.7914	0.852	
20	Maine	ME	0.8546	0.898	
21	Maryland	MD	0.9258	0.9486	
22	Massachusetts	MA	0.9623	0.974	
23	Michigan	MI	0.8561	0.8991	
24	Minnesota	MN	0.91	0.9375	
25	Mississippi	MS	0.7685	0.835	
26	Missouri	MO	0.8119	0.867	
27	Montana	MT	1	1	
28	Nebraska	NE	0.8846	0.9195	
29	Nevada	NV	1	1	
30	New Hampshire	NH	1.1003	1.0676	
31	New Jersey1	NJ	1.1246	1.0837	
32	New Mexico	NM	0.8963	0.9278	
33	New York	NY	0.8282	0.8789	
34	North Carolina	NC	0.8434	0.8899	
35	North Dakota	ND	1	1	
36	Ohio	OH	0.8558	0.8989	
37	Oklahoma	OK	0.8021	0.8598	
38	Oregon	OR	1.0041	1.0028	
39	Pennsylvania	PA	0.8521	0.8962	
40	Puerto Rico1	PR	------	------	
41	Rhode Island1	RI	------	------	
42	South Carolina	SC	0.8393	0.8869	
43	South Dakota	SD	1	1	
44	Tennessee	TN	0.7963	0.8556	
45	Texas	TX	0.7976	0.8565	
46	Utah	UT	0.867	0.9069	
47	Vermont	VT	0.9418	0.9598	
49	Virginia	VA	0.8022	0.8599	
50	Washington	WA	1.0068	1.0047	
51	West Virginia	WV	0.7539	0.8241	
52	Wisconsin	WI	0.92	0.9445	
53	Wyoming	WY	1	1	
					
1 All counties in the State or Territory are classified as urban.  The New Jersey floor is imputed as 					
specified in  412.64 (h)(4) and discussed in the FY 2005 final rule (69 FR 49109) and in section III.B.2 					
of the preamble of FY 2009 IPPS final rule (73 FR 48567).					
