Anchorage, Alaska vs. Port Townsend, Washington

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Health
  23.9% lower in Port Townsend, Washington
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKPort Townsend, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.567100  49.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKPort Townsend, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.699.5100  3.0%
Heart Failure91.699.5100  8.6%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3111.7100  34.1%
Pneumonia89.397.1100  8.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKPort Townsend, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$22,961$23,281  3.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$15,980$16,237  8.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$24,727$22,499  34.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,329$17,007  8.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKPort Townsend, WAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-17.9%3.1%  222.6%
2015-201647.3%5.6%12.5%  88.2%
2016-201728.8%-1.6%57.9%  105.6%
2017-2018-21.6%38.3%19.0%  277.3%
2018-2019-3.3%13.4%-2.2%  506.1%
Since 201464.8%33.7%113.3%  48.0%
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