Bakersfield, California vs. Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Health
  8.7% lower in Albuquerque, New Mexico
than in Bakersfield, California
   Insurance cost
Bakersfield, CAAlbuquerque, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium8265.3100  20.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bakersfield, CAAlbuquerque, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.995100  8.6%
Heart Failure101.898.2100  3.5%
Hip Knee Replacement8298.2100  19.8%
Pneumonia100.296.5100  3.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bakersfield, CAAlbuquerque, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,971$21,918$23,281  8.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$15,786$16,237  3.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,143$21,746$22,499  19.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,856$16,223$17,007  3.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bakersfield, CAAlbuquerque, NMU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%-12.4%3.1%  410.0%
2015-20160.0%7.1%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%28.8%57.9%  209.7%
2017-201826.1%51.6%19.0%  97.7%
2018-20191.2%-11.8%-2.2%  1,083.3%
Since 201445.0%61.5%113.3%  36.7%
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