Houston, Texas vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  9.7% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Houston, Texas
   Insurance cost
Houston, TXBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium75.461.8100  18.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Houston, TXBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.5102.9100  3.4%
Heart Failure112.9101.2100  10.4%
Hip Knee Replacement103.2110.4100  7.0%
Pneumonia124.1102100  17.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Houston, TXBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,565$23,736$23,281  3.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$18,146$16,264$16,237  10.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,855$24,442$22,499  6.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$20,870$17,153$17,007  17.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Houston, TXBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.2%-2.6%3.1%  181.3%
2015-20165.1%-1.5%12.5%  129.4%
2016-201719.0%-2.7%57.9%  114.2%
2017-201835.6%26.4%19.0%  25.8%
2018-20192.3%5.1%-2.2%  121.7%
Since 201479.0%23.9%113.3%  69.7%
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