Anchorage, Alaska vs. Laramie, Wyoming

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Health
  16.5% higher in Laramie, Wyoming
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKLaramie, WYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5167.6100  27.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKLaramie, WYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6103.2100  0.6%
Heart Failure91.691.4100  0.2%
Hip Knee Replacement83.384.4100  1.3%
Pneumonia89.390100  0.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKLaramie, WYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,819$23,281  0.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$14,685$16,237  0.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$18,679$22,499  1.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$15,129$17,007  0.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKLaramie, WYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%4.5%3.1%  69.2%
2015-201647.3%5.7%12.5%  87.9%
2016-201728.8%8.9%57.9%  69.1%
2017-2018-21.6%71.6%19.0%  431.5%
2018-2019-3.3%0.0%-2.2%  100.0%
Since 201464.8%106.4%113.3%  64.2%
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