Cambridge, Massachusetts vs. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Health
  18.0% higher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
than in Cambridge, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Cambridge, MAPhiladelphia, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium63.389.3100  41.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Cambridge, MAPhiladelphia, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6104.7100  2.0%
Heart Failure103106.5100  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement106.3109.6100  3.1%
Pneumonia100.7110.3100  9.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Cambridge, MAPhiladelphia, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,684$24,166$23,281  2.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,555$17,110$16,237  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,539$24,254$22,499  3.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,933$18,541$17,007  9.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Cambridge, MAPhiladelphia, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%-1.7%3.1%  34.6%
2015-2016-1.5%10.6%12.5%  806.7%
2016-2017-2.7%52.3%57.9%  2,037.0%
2017-201826.4%45.2%19.0%  71.2%
2018-20195.1%-15.8%-2.2%  409.8%
Since 201423.9%102.5%113.3%  328.9%
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