Anchorage, Alaska vs. Las Cruces, New Mexico

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Health
  22.3% lower in Las Cruces, New Mexico
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKLas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.571.6100  45.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKLas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.699.7100  2.8%
Heart Failure91.6102.6100  12.0%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3103.4100  24.1%
Pneumonia89.3104100  16.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKLas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$22,999$23,281  2.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,485$16,237  12.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$22,887$22,499  24.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$17,496$17,007  16.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKLas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-12.4%3.1%  184.9%
2015-201647.3%7.1%12.5%  85.0%
2016-201728.8%28.8%57.9%  0.0%
2017-2018-21.6%51.6%19.0%  338.9%
2018-2019-3.3%-11.8%-2.2%  257.6%
Since 201464.8%61.5%113.3%  5.1%
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