Anchorage, Alaska vs. El Paso, Texas

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Health
  22.5% lower in El Paso, Texas
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKEl Paso, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.572.9100  44.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKEl Paso, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.699100  3.5%
Heart Failure91.698.2100  7.2%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3105.7100  26.9%
Pneumonia89.395.2100  6.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKEl Paso, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$22,840$23,281  3.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$15,775$16,237  7.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$23,395$22,499  26.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,014$17,007  6.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKEl Paso, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%3.2%3.1%  78.1%
2015-201647.3%5.1%12.5%  89.2%
2016-201728.8%19.0%57.9%  34.0%
2017-2018-21.6%35.6%19.0%  264.8%
2018-2019-3.3%2.3%-2.2%  169.7%
Since 201464.8%79.0%113.3%  21.9%
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