State Name,Number of Penalized Hospitals,Percent of All Hospitals Penalized, Average Hospital Penalty (Percent) Alabama,72, 79 , 0.61 Alaska,7, 33 , 0.44 Arizona,49, 62 , 0.48 Arkansas,41, 53 , 0.83 California,224, 65 , 0.40 Colorado,25, 32 , 0.29 Connecticut,28, 90 , 0.66 Delaware,5, 71 , 0.35 District of Columbia,7, 78 , 0.77 Florida,154, 81 , 0.67 Georgia,89, 67 , 0.47 Hawaii,10, 56 , 0.33 Idaho,4, 10 , 0.58 Illinois,113, 62 , 0.72 Indiana,64, 51 , 0.59 Iowa,25, 21 , 0.62 Kansas,32, 24 , 0.44 Kentucky,62, 65 , 1.19 Louisiana,66, 55 , 0.68 Maine,11, 31 , 0.40 Massachusetts,51, 78 , 0.70 Michigan,69, 50 , 0.64 Minnesota,39, 30 , 0.37 Mississippi,54, 55 , 0.61 Missouri,67, 61 , 0.71 Montana,5, 9 , 0.70 NATIONAL," 2592 ", 54 , 0.61 Nebraska,14, 15 , 0.39 Nevada,20, 56 , 0.57 New Hampshire,11, 42 , 0.45 New Jersey,63, 97 , 0.73 New Mexico,18, 43 , 0.37 New York,140, 77 , 0.75 North Carolina,76, 68 , 0.56 North Dakota,3, 7 , 0.14 Ohio,109, 64 , 0.71 Oklahoma,63, 50 , 0.55 Oregon,21, 34 , 0.32 Pennsylvania,128, 74 , 0.61 Rhode Island,9, 75 , 0.63 South Carolina,47, 75 , 0.57 South Dakota,8, 15 , 0.66 Tennessee,78, 70 , 0.64 Texas,203, 54 , 0.53 Utah,16, 35 , 0.53 Vermont,4, 27 , 0.08 Virginia,68, 80 , 1.01 Washington,36, 39 , 0.37 West Virginia,27, 52 , 0.99 Wisconsin,49, 39 , 0.38 Wyoming,8, 29 , 0.37