Cambridge, Massachusetts vs. Jersey City, New Jersey

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Health
  9.7% higher in Jersey City, New Jersey
than in Cambridge, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Cambridge, MAJersey City, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium63.366.8100  5.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Cambridge, MAJersey City, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6105.1100  2.4%
Heart Failure103108.5100  5.3%
Hip Knee Replacement106.3135.1100  27.1%
Pneumonia100.7108.4100  7.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Cambridge, MAJersey City, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,684$24,250$23,281  2.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,555$17,430$16,237  5.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,539$29,905$22,499  27.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,933$18,222$17,007  7.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Cambridge, MAJersey City, NJU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%-2.2%3.1%  15.4%
2015-2016-1.5%5.1%12.5%  440.0%
2016-2017-2.7%4.8%57.9%  277.8%
2017-201826.4%18.7%19.0%  29.2%
2018-20195.1%-14.8%-2.2%  390.2%
Since 201423.9%9.0%113.3%  62.3%
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