Kaiser State Health Facts just released average costs per inpatient day in 2014, organized by hospital ownership type, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The data includes all operating and nonoperating expenses for registered U.S. community hospitals, defined as public, nonfederal, short-term general and other special hospitals. They are an estimate of expenses incurred in a day of inpatient care and are adjusted higher to include an estimate of the volume of outpatient services. Kentucky’s inpatient cost per day continues to rank below the average for the nation: