Anchorage, Alaska vs. Gila Bend, Arizona

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Health
  17.5% lower in Gila Bend, Arizona
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKGila Bend, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.581.8100  37.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKGila Bend, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6102.8100  0.2%
Heart Failure91.6109.4100  19.4%
Hip Knee Replacement83.396100  15.2%
Pneumonia89.3108.6100  21.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKGila Bend, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,713$23,281  0.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$17,576$16,237  19.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$21,252$22,499  15.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$18,264$17,007  21.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKGila Bend, AZU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-3.0%3.1%  120.5%
2015-201647.3%21.9%12.5%  53.7%
2016-201728.8%115.5%57.9%  301.0%
2017-2018-21.6%0.2%19.0%  100.9%
2018-2019-3.3%-8.7%-2.2%  163.6%
Since 201464.8%133.2%113.3%  105.6%
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