Anchorage, Alaska vs. Cortez, Colorado

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Health
  2.0% higher in Cortez, Colorado
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKCortez, COU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5132.1100  0.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKCortez, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.694.8100  7.6%
Heart Failure91.697100  5.9%
Hip Knee Replacement83.397.7100  17.3%
Pneumonia89.393.4100  4.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKCortez, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$21,875$23,281  7.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$15,581$16,237  5.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$21,637$22,499  17.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$15,698$17,007  4.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKCortez, COU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%12.0%3.1%  17.8%
2015-201647.3%-0.3%12.5%  100.6%
2016-201728.8%14.7%57.9%  49.0%
2017-2018-21.6%33.5%19.0%  255.1%
2018-2019-3.3%3.8%-2.2%  215.2%
Since 201464.8%77.5%113.3%  19.6%
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