Bessemer, Alabama vs. Joplin, Missouri

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Health
  0.5% higher in Joplin, Missouri
than in Bessemer, Alabama
   Insurance cost
Bessemer, ALJoplin, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium100.8100.4100  0.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bessemer, ALJoplin, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.2108100  11.1%
Heart Failure101.898.6100  3.1%
Hip Knee Replacement103.999.5100  4.2%
Pneumonia104.7103.2100  1.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bessemer, ALJoplin, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,431$24,921$23,281  11.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$15,847$16,237  3.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,011$22,030$22,499  4.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,608$17,358$17,007  1.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bessemer, ALJoplin, MOU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%-1.0%3.1%  132.3%
2015-201612.5%10.6%12.5%  15.2%
2016-201757.9%18.5%57.9%  68.0%
2017-201819.0%42.2%19.0%  122.1%
2018-2019-2.2%-5.7%-2.2%  159.1%
Since 2014113.3%73.9%113.3%  34.8%
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