Bakersfield, California vs. Salem, Massachusetts

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Health
  6.5% lower in Salem, Massachusetts
than in Bakersfield, California
   Insurance cost
Bakersfield, CASalem, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium8261100  25.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bakersfield, CASalem, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.9104.9100  1.0%
Heart Failure101.8105.9100  4.0%
Hip Knee Replacement82105.9100  29.1%
Pneumonia100.2102.3100  2.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bakersfield, CASalem, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,971$24,209$23,281  1.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$17,009$16,237  4.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,143$23,440$22,499  29.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,856$17,203$17,007  2.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bakersfield, CASalem, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%-2.6%3.1%  165.0%
2015-20160.0%-1.5%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%-2.7%57.9%  129.0%
2017-201826.1%26.4%19.0%  1.1%
2018-20191.2%5.1%-2.2%  325.0%
Since 201445.0%23.9%113.3%  46.9%
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