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Health
  4.3% lower in Bluffton, South Carolina
than in Birmingham, Alabama
   Insurance cost
Birmingham, ALBluffton, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium100.8103.1100  2.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Birmingham, ALBluffton, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.289.5100  7.9%
Heart Failure101.882100  19.4%
Hip Knee Replacement103.994.4100  9.1%
Pneumonia104.792.8100  11.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Birmingham, ALBluffton, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,431$20,655$23,281  7.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$13,179$16,237  19.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,011$20,900$22,499  9.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,608$15,599$17,007  11.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Birmingham, ALBluffton, SCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%0.0%3.1%  100.0%
2015-201612.5%11.1%12.5%  11.2%
2016-201757.9%28.2%57.9%  51.3%
2017-201819.0%34.7%19.0%  82.6%
2018-2019-2.2%6.2%-2.2%  381.8%
Since 2014113.3%103.7%113.3%  8.5%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes