Anchorage, Alaska vs. Denver, Colorado

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Health
  17.3% lower in Denver, Colorado
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKDenver, COU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.584.3100  35.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKDenver, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6100.6100  1.9%
Heart Failure91.6103.1100  12.6%
Hip Knee Replacement83.397.8100  17.4%
Pneumonia89.3104.2100  16.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKDenver, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,206$23,281  2.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,567$16,237  12.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$21,660$22,499  17.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$17,519$17,007  16.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKDenver, COU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%12.0%3.1%  17.8%
2015-201647.3%-0.3%12.5%  100.6%
2016-201728.8%14.7%57.9%  49.0%
2017-2018-21.6%33.5%19.0%  255.1%
2018-2019-3.3%3.8%-2.2%  215.2%
Since 201464.8%77.5%113.3%  19.6%
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