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Health
  7.2% lower in Beckley, West Virginia
than in Asheville, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Asheville, NCBeckley, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5104.4100  20.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Asheville, NCBeckley, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack92.1106.8100  16.0%
Heart Failure101.2101.4100  0.2%
Hip Knee Replacement101.8119.5100  17.4%
Pneumonia104101.9100  2.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Asheville, NCBeckley, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,250$24,635$23,281  15.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,266$16,295$16,237  0.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,542$26,461$22,499  17.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,495$17,127$17,007  2.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Asheville, NCBeckley, WVU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%2.8%3.1%  53.3%
2015-201623.1%24.2%12.5%  4.8%
2016-201739.6%31.5%57.9%  20.5%
2017-201815.5%15.5%19.0%  0.0%
2018-2019-1.4%9.4%-2.2%  771.4%
Since 2014107.4%112.1%113.3%  4.4%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes