Anchorage, Alaska vs. Dodge City, Kansas

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Health
  8.8% lower in Dodge City, Kansas
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKDodge City, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5105.8100  19.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKDodge City, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.694.2100  8.2%
Heart Failure91.6100.5100  9.7%
Hip Knee Replacement83.396.7100  16.1%
Pneumonia89.3106.4100  19.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKDodge City, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$21,727$23,281  8.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,155$16,237  9.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$21,401$22,499  16.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$17,893$17,007  19.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKDodge City, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-4.6%3.1%  131.5%
2015-201647.3%15.8%12.5%  66.6%
2016-201728.8%42.4%57.9%  47.2%
2017-2018-21.6%37.8%19.0%  275.0%
2018-2019-3.3%6.6%-2.2%  300.0%
Since 201464.8%131.0%113.3%  102.2%
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