Bakersfield, California vs. Seattle, Washington

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Health
  4.1% lower in Seattle, Washington
than in Bakersfield, California
   Insurance cost
Bakersfield, CASeattle, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium8272.9100  11.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bakersfield, CASeattle, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.998.6100  5.1%
Heart Failure101.898.3100  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement8294.2100  14.9%
Pneumonia100.2101.6100  1.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bakersfield, CASeattle, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,971$22,748$23,281  5.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$15,802$16,237  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,143$20,849$22,499  14.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,856$17,076$17,007  1.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bakersfield, CASeattle, WAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%-17.9%3.1%  547.5%
2015-20160.0%5.6%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%-1.6%57.9%  117.2%
2017-201826.1%38.3%19.0%  46.7%
2018-20191.2%13.4%-2.2%  1,016.7%
Since 201445.0%33.7%113.3%  25.1%
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