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A database of transgender-related treatments given to children in Wyoming from 2019 to 2023 shows more treatments came out of one Jackson-based hospital than all other hospitals in the state combined.

It is also stated that Wyoming hospitals provide less transgender-related treatment to children than other states in the United States.

The Stop Harm Database, released this month, is a national database of Do No Harm, a group of medical professionals who oppose the administration of transgender-related treatments to children.

The report is drawn from an all-payer claims database, which includes data from insurance claims clearinghouses, data aggregators, payers, health systems, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and other open data sources. database methodology white paper.

From 2019 to 2020, medical providers in Wyoming prescribed cross-sex hormone or puberty blockers to at least eight children. database says. They wrote at least 30 prescriptions And a $2,574 fee was sent to insurance providers, he added.

The report found that four of those patients, 18 of the prescriptions and $1,352 of those expenses were paid to St. Louis in Jackson. It states that it came through St. John’s Health.

Data for Campbell County Memorial Hospital Gillette shows a pediatric patient undergoing gender reassignment, six prescriptions, and $504 in shipping charges.

Data surrounding Banner Wyoming Medical Center in Casper also shows one patient, as well as three prescriptions written and $472 requested.

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center on West Campus had two patients, three prescriptions and $247, according to the database.

Hospitals did not confirm or deny data When contacted by the Cowboy State Daily.

“Due to patient privacy laws, Banner is unable to discuss this data,” a Banner Wyoming spokesperson wrote in an email to Cowboy State Daily on Monday.

A spokesperson for Cheyenne Regional Medical Center returned Cowboy State Daily’s call and left a voicemail, but could not be reached after two return calls Monday.

The other two hospitals did not respond to voicemail requests for comment by press time.

‘Don’t buy’

This year, Sen. Anthony Bouchard, who proposed Senate File 99, a ban on gender reassignment treatments for children that would take effect July 1, told Cowboy State Daily he doesn’t believe the Wyoming numbers are that low.

“I don’t believe it, man,” Bouchard said. “I don’t buy low numbers.”

Bouchard said a parent approached her and told her that her child had been sent to the hospital in Casper for transgender-related treatment.

“So this is the only person (sent there)? Oh I doubt ithe said.

He considered whether service providers might register their claims under “mental health” rather than gender transition, stating: A page on Cheyenne Regional Medical Center’s website is a campaign that encourages potential patients to consult their doctor, school counselor, or trusted teacher, therapist, or LGBTQ club about their gender identity.

The Stop Loss technical report indicates that their numbers may be low. The analysis focused only on patients aged 0 to 17.5 years and included only confirmed cases of treatments related to gender transition, “removing any ambiguity or ‘grey areas’,” the white paper states.

Wyoming’s total is tiny compared to California, where the database recorded 2,065 underage patients from 2019-2023. This includes 1,359 reported surgeries, 766 hormone and puberty blocker patients, 5,391 prescriptions and $28.9 million shipped.

The second lowest state after Wyoming was Mississippi; that state also saw eight minor patients, including one surgery patient, seven hormone or puberty blocker patients, 41 prescriptions and $3,229 in charges sent.

Clair McFarland can be reached at [email protected].