Anchorage, Alaska vs. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Health
  23.3% lower in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.563.9100  51.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6104.1100  1.5%
Heart Failure91.6110.4100  20.5%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3106.4100  27.7%
Pneumonia89.3113.7100  27.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$24,010$23,281  1.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$17,732$16,237  20.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$23,548$22,499  27.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$19,117$17,007  27.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-1.7%3.1%  111.6%
2015-201647.3%10.6%12.5%  77.6%
2016-201728.8%52.3%57.9%  81.6%
2017-2018-21.6%45.2%19.0%  309.3%
2018-2019-3.3%-15.8%-2.2%  378.8%
Since 201464.8%102.5%113.3%  58.2%
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