St. Louis, Missouri vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  6.0% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in St. Louis, Missouri
   Insurance cost
St. Louis, MOBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium80.861.8100  23.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
St. Louis, MOBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack98.8102.9100  4.1%
Heart Failure107101.2100  5.4%
Hip Knee Replacement84.7110.4100  30.3%
Pneumonia106.1102100  3.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
St. Louis, MOBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,801$23,736$23,281  4.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,199$16,264$16,237  5.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,758$24,442$22,499  30.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,843$17,153$17,007  3.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
St. Louis, MOBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.0%-2.6%3.1%  160.0%
2015-201610.6%-1.5%12.5%  114.2%
2016-201718.5%-2.7%57.9%  114.6%
2017-201842.2%26.4%19.0%  37.4%
2018-2019-5.7%5.1%-2.2%  189.5%
Since 201473.9%23.9%113.3%  67.7%
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