Anchorage, Alaska vs. Pocatello, Idaho

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Health
  8.4% lower in Pocatello, Idaho
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKPocatello, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5105.6100  19.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKPocatello, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6101.9100  0.7%
Heart Failure91.6100.3100  9.5%
Hip Knee Replacement83.393.6100  12.4%
Pneumonia89.3104.1100  16.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKPocatello, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,522$23,281  0.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,116$16,237  9.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$20,729$22,499  12.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$17,513$17,007  16.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKPocatello, IDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%19.6%3.1%  34.2%
2015-201647.3%1.1%12.5%  97.7%
2016-201728.8%25.0%57.9%  13.2%
2017-2018-21.6%34.6%19.0%  260.2%
2018-2019-3.3%4.2%-2.2%  227.3%
Since 201464.8%111.9%113.3%  72.7%
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