Anchorage, Alaska vs. Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Health
  29.8% lower in Minneapolis, Minnesota
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKMinneapolis, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.557.6100  56.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKMinneapolis, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6100.6100  1.9%
Heart Failure91.6101.5100  10.8%
Hip Knee Replacement83.395.1100  14.2%
Pneumonia89.3103.4100  15.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKMinneapolis, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,203$23,281  2.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,302$16,237  10.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$21,054$22,499  14.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$17,389$17,007  15.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKMinneapolis, MNU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%42.3%3.1%  189.7%
2015-201647.3%0.4%12.5%  99.2%
2016-201728.8%58.5%57.9%  103.1%
2017-2018-21.6%-6.6%19.0%  69.4%
2018-2019-3.3%-15.3%-2.2%  363.6%
Since 201464.8%79.1%113.3%  22.1%
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