Grand Rapids, Michigan vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  0.0% higher in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Grand Rapids, Michigan
   Insurance cost
Grand Rapids, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium7261.8100  14.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Grand Rapids, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94.6102.9100  8.8%
Heart Failure99101.2100  2.2%
Hip Knee Replacement90.4110.4100  22.1%
Pneumonia99.8102100  2.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Grand Rapids, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,840$23,736$23,281  8.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,913$16,264$16,237  2.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,015$24,442$22,499  22.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,784$17,153$17,007  2.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Grand Rapids, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.4%-2.6%3.1%  750.0%
2015-20162.0%-1.5%12.5%  175.0%
2016-20176.9%-2.7%57.9%  139.1%
2017-201837.1%26.4%19.0%  28.8%
2018-20190.5%5.1%-2.2%  920.0%
Since 201450.8%23.9%113.3%  53.0%
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