Blacksburg, Virginia vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  27.6% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Blacksburg, Virginia
   Insurance cost
Blacksburg, VABoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium128.461.8100  51.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Blacksburg, VABoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.6102.9100  1.6%
Heart Failure105.7101.2100  4.3%
Hip Knee Replacement99.4110.4100  11.1%
Pneumonia98102100  4.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Blacksburg, VABoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,126$23,736$23,281  1.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,990$16,264$16,237  4.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,017$24,442$22,499  11.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,476$17,153$17,007  4.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Blacksburg, VABoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.3%-2.6%3.1%  178.8%
2015-20163.9%-1.5%12.5%  138.5%
2016-201710.3%-2.7%57.9%  126.2%
2017-201866.1%26.4%19.0%  60.1%
2018-20193.7%5.1%-2.2%  37.8%
Since 2014104.0%23.9%113.3%  77.0%
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