Bakersfield, California vs. Wellesley, Massachusetts

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Health
  5.5% lower in Wellesley, Massachusetts
than in Bakersfield, California
   Insurance cost
Bakersfield, CAWellesley, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium8262.8100  23.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bakersfield, CAWellesley, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.9104.4100  0.5%
Heart Failure101.8104.3100  2.5%
Hip Knee Replacement82106.2100  29.5%
Pneumonia100.2104.5100  4.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bakersfield, CAWellesley, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,971$24,085$23,281  0.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$16,762$16,237  2.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,143$23,520$22,499  29.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,856$17,580$17,007  4.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bakersfield, CAWellesley, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%-2.6%3.1%  165.0%
2015-20160.0%-1.5%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%-2.7%57.9%  129.0%
2017-201826.1%26.4%19.0%  1.1%
2018-20191.2%5.1%-2.2%  325.0%
Since 201445.0%23.9%113.3%  46.9%
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