Anchorage, Alaska vs. Grand Junction, Colorado

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Health
  8.1% lower in Grand Junction, Colorado
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKGrand Junction, COU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5109.8100  16.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKGrand Junction, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.697.8100  4.7%
Heart Failure91.689.2100  2.6%
Hip Knee Replacement83.395.4100  14.5%
Pneumonia89.397.8100  9.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKGrand Junction, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$22,566$23,281  4.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$14,328$16,237  2.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$21,132$22,499  14.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,453$17,007  9.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKGrand Junction, 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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