Anchorage, Alaska vs. Kansas City, Missouri

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Health
  15.5% lower in Kansas City, Missouri
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKKansas City, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.590100  31.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKKansas City, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.695.2100  7.2%
Heart Failure91.697.2100  6.1%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3101.7100  22.1%
Pneumonia89.3102.7100  15.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKKansas City, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$21,972$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$15,616$16,237  6.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$22,506$22,499  22.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$17,272$17,007  15.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKKansas City, MOU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-1.0%3.1%  106.8%
2015-201647.3%10.6%12.5%  77.6%
2016-201728.8%18.5%57.9%  35.8%
2017-2018-21.6%42.2%19.0%  295.4%
2018-2019-3.3%-5.7%-2.2%  72.7%
Since 201464.8%73.9%113.3%  14.0%
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