UNKNOWN, AL
FIPS: 01000 · Geographic Variation 2023
Methodology
Primary source: Medicare Geographic Variation by County
(dataset id geo-var-county,
vintage 2023,
downloaded 2026-04-13,
33,639 rows in source).
Percentile badges compare this county against all US counties that appear in the relevant dataset. "Lower is better" metrics (spending, readmission rates, chronic-disease prevalence, SDOH adversity) use an inverted color ramp — low percentile = green (good), high percentile = red (bad).
Medicare Geographic Variation shows standardized per-capita spending, utilization, and demographic characteristics for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries at the county level. Standardized payments remove geographic payment adjustments so counties can be compared fairly. AHRQ Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs) measure the rate of hospitalization for ambulatory-care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs).