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49.8% higher in Blowing Rock, North Carolina
than in Afton, Minnesota

Insurance cost

	Afton, MN	Blowing Rock, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	57.6	132.8	100	130.6%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Afton, MN	Blowing Rock, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	102.2	92.5	100	9.5%
Heart Failure	97.4	100.7	100	3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement	86.8	96.5	100	11.2%
Pneumonia	95.1	96.6	100	1.6%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Afton, MN	Blowing Rock, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$23,583	$21,337	$23,281	9.5%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,650	$16,173	$16,237	3.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$19,212	$21,370	$22,499	11.2%
Pneumonia Hospital	$15,988	$16,245	$17,007	1.6%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Afton, MN	Blowing Rock, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	42.3%	6.0%	3.1%	85.8%
2015-2016	0.4%	23.1%	12.5%	5,675.0%
2016-2017	58.5%	39.6%	57.9%	32.3%
2017-2018	-6.6%	15.5%	19.0%	334.8%
2018-2019	-15.3%	-1.4%	-2.2%	90.8%
Since 2014	79.1%	107.4%	113.3%	35.8%

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