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Anchorage, Alaska vs. Wichita, Kansas

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Health
  8.7% lower in Wichita, Kansas
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5101.5100  22.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6103.7100  1.1%
Heart Failure91.6104.6100  14.2%
Hip Knee Replacement83.398.6100  18.4%
Pneumonia89.3106.8100  19.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,924$23,281  1.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,806$16,237  14.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$21,823$22,499  18.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$17,958$17,007  19.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKWichita, 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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