Birmingham, Alabama vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  17.5% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Birmingham, Alabama
   Insurance cost
Birmingham, ALBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium100.861.8100  38.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Birmingham, ALBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.2102.9100  5.9%
Heart Failure101.8101.2100  0.6%
Hip Knee Replacement103.9110.4100  6.3%
Pneumonia104.7102100  2.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Birmingham, ALBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,431$23,736$23,281  5.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$16,264$16,237  0.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,011$24,442$22,499  6.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,608$17,153$17,007  2.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Birmingham, ALBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%-2.6%3.1%  183.9%
2015-201612.5%-1.5%12.5%  112.0%
2016-201757.9%-2.7%57.9%  104.7%
2017-201819.0%26.4%19.0%  38.9%
2018-2019-2.2%5.1%-2.2%  331.8%
Since 2014113.3%23.9%113.3%  78.9%
   Health Insurance Premiums
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