In recruiting is a recruit in Hawaii the same as an international recruit or does the distance you're away actually matter? I guess I'm asking how is the price in terms of a person say 1000 miles away compared to 3000? Does it matter?

Well if you're talking about a difference in Hawaii vs. International recruits then there are some differences.  The main difference is that you can bring a Hawaii recruit in for a campus visit while you can't do that with internationals.  The home visit I believe will max out @ $1,500 and the scouting will max out around $700, but I don't know the exact distance where those hit their max at.

distance matters, so some schools on the west coast will pay a bit less than others - then it maxes out

it works like other distances, it is just so far from most places that everything maxxes out anyway...

Scouting evaluations max out at $700 for 1400 miles.
Home Visits max out at $1500 for 3000 miles.
Campus Visits max out at $4000 around 8000 miles but I don't think you can offer a Campus Visit to an international player even though a dollar amount is assigned to them.

and  - for example - a home visit from Stanford to Hawaii runs ya 1388