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States sell and give away patient-level health information.

StateMandateOrganizationCost
Alabama
Alaska
ArizonaYesArizona Department of Health Services. http://www.azdhs.gov/$135
ArkansasYesArkansas Department of Health. http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/$485
CaliforniaYesCalifornia Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development. http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/$200
ColoradoNoColorado Hospital Association. http://www.cha.com/$0.02 for record
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
FloridaYesFlorida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis. http://ahca.myflorida.com/SCHS/$100 / year ($25/quarter)
Georgia
HawaiiNoHawaii Health Information Corporation. http://www.hhic.org/$1,035
Idaho
IllinoisYesIllinois Department of Public Health. http://www.idph.state.il.us/$100+
Indiana
IowaYesIowa Hospital Association. http://www.ihaonline.org/$585
Kansas
KentuckyYesKentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services- Office of Health Policy. http://www.chfs.ky.gov/ohp/$1,535
Louisiana
MaineYesMaine Health Data Organization. http://www.maine.gov/mhdo/$675
MarylandYesHealth Services Cost Review Commission. http://www.hscrc.state.md.us/$35
MassachusettsYesDivision of Health Care Finance and Policy. http://www.mass.gov/dhcfp $835
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
MissouriYesMissouri Department of Health and Senior Services. http://www.dhss.mo.gov/$150+
Montana
Nebraska
NevadaYesHealthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/sidoverview.jsp$$435
New HampshireYesNew Hampshire Department of Health & Human Service. http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/Free
New JerseyYesNew Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services. http://www.state.nj.us/health/$60
New MexicoYesNew Mexico Department of Health. http://www.health.state.nm.us/$485 (only 2009 and 2010 available)
New YorkYesNew York State Dept of Health. http://www.health.state.ny.us/About $350, final price determined at time of request
North CarolinaYesCecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu$535
North Dakota
Ohio
OklahomaYesOklahoma State Department of Health. http://www.ok.gov/health/$50-7500
OregonYesOffice for Oregon Health Policy and Research. http://www.oregon.gov/OHPPR/$250
PennsylvaniaYesPennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4). http://www.phc4.org/$4,500
Rhode IslandYesRhode Island Department of Health. http://www.health.state.ri.us/$115
South CarolinaYesSouth Carolina State Budget & Control Board, Office of Research and Statistics. http://ors.sc.gov/$1.25 per 1,000 records with a minimum of a $100 charge
South DakotaYesSouth Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations. http://www.sdaho.org/$785
TennesseeYesTennessee Hospital Association (THA) Health Information Network. http://www.tha-hin.com/$10,000
TexasYesTexas Health Care Information Collection, Center for Health Statistics, Texas Department of State Health Services. www.dshs.state.tx.us/thcic/$6,000 recent years, 1999-2006 free
UtahYesOffice of Health Care Statistics, Utah Department of Health. http://www.health.utah.gov/hda/$3,150
VermontYesDivision of Health Care Administration. http://www.bishca.state.vt.us/Free
VirginiaYesVirginia Health Information. http://www.vhi.org/$975-$2500
WashingtonYesWashington State Department of Health. http://www.doh.wa.gov/$50
West VirginiaYesWest Virginia Health Care Authority. http://www.hcawv.org/$510
WisconsinYesWisconsin Hospital Association. http://www.wha.org/$835
Wyoming

Notes: Costs are those to research institutions for inpatient unrestricted versions of public data files for most recent year available. A blank value indicates that State does not release public data. Some States have data available through HCUP, which may be at a different price and may offer different fields than those available directly from the State.

Hooley S and Sweeney L. Survey of Publicly Available State Health Databases. Harvard University. Data Privacy Lab. 1064-1. June 2013. PDF

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