Kansas City, Kansas vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  22.7% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Kansas City, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Kansas City, KSBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.161.8100  44.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Kansas City, KSBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.5102.9100  1.4%
Heart Failure105.3101.2100  3.9%
Hip Knee Replacement98.7110.4100  11.9%
Pneumonia116.7102100  12.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Kansas City, KSBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,422$23,736$23,281  1.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,926$16,264$16,237  3.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,843$24,442$22,499  11.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$19,617$17,153$17,007  12.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Kansas City, KSBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%-2.6%3.1%  43.5%
2015-201615.8%-1.5%12.5%  109.5%
2016-201742.4%-2.7%57.9%  106.4%
2017-201837.8%26.4%19.0%  30.2%
2018-20196.6%5.1%-2.2%  22.7%
Since 2014131.0%23.9%113.3%  81.8%
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