OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Statistics There are wide variations between states in the cost of providing behavioral health benefits, and these differences between states have remained relatively constant over the past ten years. These are the findings of an OPEN MINDS study that examined mental health and chemical dependency costs by state. Using two databases of national benefit costs in plans with virtually unlimited coverage, OPEN MINDS analyzed benefit costs on a state-by-state basis. A1though coverage was the . . .