Sterling, Alaska vs. Asheville, North Carolina

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Health
  0.3% lower in Asheville, North Carolina
than in Sterling, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Sterling, AKAsheville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.2131.5100  4.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Sterling, AKAsheville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.592.1100  9.3%
Heart Failure86.6101.2100  16.9%
Hip Knee Replacement89.9101.8100  13.2%
Pneumonia88.6104100  17.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Sterling, AKAsheville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$21,250$23,281  9.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,922$16,266$16,237  16.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,910$22,542$22,499  13.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,895$17,495$17,007  17.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Sterling, AKAsheville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%6.0%3.1%  58.9%
2015-201647.3%23.1%12.5%  51.2%
2016-201728.8%39.6%57.9%  37.5%
2017-2018-21.6%15.5%19.0%  171.8%
2018-2019-3.3%-1.4%-2.2%  57.6%
Since 201464.8%107.4%113.3%  65.7%
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