Anchorage, Alaska vs. Bakersfield, California

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Health
  20.6% lower in Bakersfield, California
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.582100  37.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6103.9100  1.3%
Heart Failure91.6101.8100  11.1%
Hip Knee Replacement83.382100  1.6%
Pneumonia89.3100.2100  12.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,971$23,281  1.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,360$16,237  11.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$18,143$22,499  1.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,856$17,007  12.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%4.0%3.1%  72.6%
2015-201647.3%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201728.8%9.3%57.9%  67.7%
2017-2018-21.6%26.1%19.0%  220.8%
2018-2019-3.3%1.2%-2.2%  136.4%
Since 201464.8%45.0%113.3%  30.6%
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