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10.9% higher in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
than in Bend, Oregon

Insurance cost

	Bend, OR	Muscle Shoals, AL	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	92.7	102.1	100	10.1%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Bend, OR	Muscle Shoals, AL	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	96.2	96.1	100	0.1%
Heart Failure	96.6	98.5	100	2.0%
Hip Knee Replacement	83.1	111.4	100	34.1%
Pneumonia	91.5	96.7	100	5.7%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Bend, OR	Muscle Shoals, AL	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$22,195	$22,166	$23,281	0.1%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,515	$15,821	$16,237	2.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$18,404	$24,657	$22,499	34.0%
Pneumonia Hospital	$15,382	$16,260	$17,007	5.7%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Bend, OR	Muscle Shoals, AL	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	2.8%	3.1%	3.1%	10.7%
2015-2016	22.9%	12.5%	12.5%	45.4%
2016-2017	27.0%	57.9%	57.9%	114.4%
2017-2018	19.0%	19.0%	19.0%	0.0%
2018-2019	7.0%	-2.2%	-2.2%	131.4%
Since 2014	104.1%	113.3%	113.3%	8.8%

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