Chicago, Illinois vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  7.9% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Chicago, Illinois
   Insurance cost
Chicago, ILBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium73.761.8100  16.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Chicago, ILBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.1102.9100  0.2%
Heart Failure104.1101.2100  2.8%
Hip Knee Replacement112.3110.4100  1.7%
Pneumonia110.4102100  7.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Chicago, ILBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,800$23,736$23,281  0.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,722$16,264$16,237  2.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,870$24,442$22,499  1.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,557$17,153$17,007  7.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Chicago, ILBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%-2.6%3.1%  183.9%
2015-20169.0%-1.5%12.5%  116.7%
2016-201738.0%-2.7%57.9%  107.1%
2017-201838.1%26.4%19.0%  30.7%
2018-2019-1.6%5.1%-2.2%  418.8%
Since 2014110.6%23.9%113.3%  78.4%
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