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Asheville, North Carolina vs. Mercer Island, Washington

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Health
  26.0% lower in Mercer Island, Washington
than in Asheville, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Asheville, NCMercer Island, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.572.9100  44.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Asheville, NCMercer Island, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack92.198.6100  7.1%
Heart Failure101.298.3100  2.9%
Hip Knee Replacement101.894.2100  7.5%
Pneumonia104101.6100  2.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Asheville, NCMercer Island, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,250$22,748$23,281  7.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,266$15,802$16,237  2.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,542$20,849$22,499  7.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,495$17,076$17,007  2.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Asheville, NCMercer Island, WAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%-17.9%3.1%  398.3%
2015-201623.1%5.6%12.5%  75.8%
2016-201739.6%-1.6%57.9%  104.0%
2017-201815.5%38.3%19.0%  147.1%
2018-2019-1.4%13.4%-2.2%  1,057.1%
Since 2014107.4%33.7%113.3%  68.6%
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