Phoenix, Arizona vs. Columbia, Maryland

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Health
  0.0% higher in Columbia, Maryland
than in Phoenix, Arizona
   Insurance cost
Phoenix, AZColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium81.880.4100  1.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Phoenix, AZColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.8108.4100  5.4%
Heart Failure109.499.5100  9.0%
Hip Knee Replacement96104100  8.3%
Pneumonia108.699.3100  8.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Phoenix, AZColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,713$25,017$23,281  5.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,576$15,988$16,237  9.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,252$23,023$22,499  8.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,264$16,698$17,007  8.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Phoenix, AZColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-3.0%15.9%3.1%  630.0%
2015-201621.9%-0.4%12.5%  101.8%
2016-2017115.5%25.2%57.9%  78.2%
2017-20180.2%53.1%19.0%  26,450.0%
2018-2019-8.7%-14.0%-2.2%  60.9%
Since 2014133.2%90.5%113.3%  32.1%
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