10 NC Cost of Hospitalizations for Unintentional Poisonings  Average cost of inpatient hospitalizations for an opioid poisoning*: $16,970  Number of hospitalizations for unintentional and undetermined intent poisonings**: 5,833  Estimated costs (2008): $98,986,010 Does not include costs for hospitalized substance abuse * Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ** NC State Center for Health Statistics, data analyzed and prepared by K.
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