Asheville, North Carolina vs. Salem, Massachusetts

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Health
  28.0% lower in Salem, Massachusetts
than in Asheville, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Asheville, NCSalem, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.561100  53.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Asheville, NCSalem, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack92.1104.9100  13.9%
Heart Failure101.2105.9100  4.6%
Hip Knee Replacement101.8105.9100  4.0%
Pneumonia104102.3100  1.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Asheville, NCSalem, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,250$24,209$23,281  13.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,266$17,009$16,237  4.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,542$23,440$22,499  4.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,495$17,203$17,007  1.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Asheville, NCSalem, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%-2.6%3.1%  143.3%
2015-201623.1%-1.5%12.5%  106.5%
2016-201739.6%-2.7%57.9%  106.8%
2017-201815.5%26.4%19.0%  70.3%
2018-2019-1.4%5.1%-2.2%  464.3%
Since 2014107.4%23.9%113.3%  77.7%
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