Anchorage, Alaska vs. Laurel, Maryland

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Health
  16.8% lower in Laurel, Maryland
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKLaurel, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.580.4100  38.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKLaurel, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6101.2100  1.4%
Heart Failure91.696.9100  5.8%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3116.9100  40.3%
Pneumonia89.3100.3100  12.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKLaurel, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,350$23,281  1.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$15,571$16,237  5.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$25,888$22,499  40.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,869$17,007  12.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKLaurel, MDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%15.9%3.1%  8.9%
2015-201647.3%-0.4%12.5%  100.8%
2016-201728.8%25.2%57.9%  12.5%
2017-2018-21.6%53.1%19.0%  345.8%
2018-2019-3.3%-14.0%-2.2%  324.2%
Since 201464.8%90.5%113.3%  39.7%
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