Topeka, Kansas vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  19.0% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Topeka, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Topeka, KSBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium104.261.8100  40.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Topeka, KSBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.8102.9100  3.7%
Heart Failure108101.2100  6.3%
Hip Knee Replacement90.6110.4100  21.9%
Pneumonia108.2102100  5.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Topeka, KSBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,653$23,736$23,281  3.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,357$16,264$16,237  6.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,066$24,442$22,499  21.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,197$17,153$17,007  5.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Topeka, 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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