Anchorage, Alaska vs. Billings, Montana

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Health
  13.5% lower in Billings, Montana
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKBillings, MTU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5100.2100  23.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKBillings, MTU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.697.9100  4.6%
Heart Failure91.695.4100  4.1%
Hip Knee Replacement83.386.7100  4.1%
Pneumonia89.394.2100  5.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKBillings, MTU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$22,597$23,281  4.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$15,327$16,237  4.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$19,187$22,499  4.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$15,834$17,007  5.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKBillings, MTU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-5.5%3.1%  137.7%
2015-201647.3%34.7%12.5%  26.6%
2016-201728.8%44.4%57.9%  54.2%
2017-2018-21.6%12.9%19.0%  159.7%
2018-2019-3.3%6.9%-2.2%  309.1%
Since 201464.8%121.7%113.3%  87.8%
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