Anchorage, Alaska vs. Parsons, Kansas

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Health
  14.5% lower in Parsons, Kansas
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKParsons, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.597.1100  26.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKParsons, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6102.8100  0.2%
Heart Failure91.6103.1100  12.6%
Hip Knee Replacement83.379.8100  4.2%
Pneumonia89.396.2100  7.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKParsons, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,731$23,281  0.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,559$16,237  12.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$17,669$22,499  4.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,184$17,007  7.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKParsons, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-4.6%3.1%  131.5%
2015-201647.3%15.8%12.5%  66.6%
2016-201728.8%42.4%57.9%  47.2%
2017-2018-21.6%37.8%19.0%  275.0%
2018-2019-3.3%6.6%-2.2%  300.0%
Since 201464.8%131.0%113.3%  102.2%
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