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Health
  1.0% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Bismarck, North Dakota
   Insurance cost
Bismarck, NDBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium75.861.8100  18.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bismarck, NDBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94102.9100  9.5%
Heart Failure96101.2100  5.4%
Hip Knee Replacement85.6110.4100  29.0%
Pneumonia100.5102100  1.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bismarck, NDBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,699$23,736$23,281  9.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,422$16,264$16,237  5.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,950$24,442$22,499  29.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,908$17,153$17,007  1.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bismarck, NDBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.7%-2.6%3.1%  138.8%
2015-20168.9%-1.5%12.5%  116.9%
2016-20176.7%-2.7%57.9%  140.3%
2017-20187.1%26.4%19.0%  271.8%
2018-201921.2%5.1%-2.2%  75.9%
Since 201460.9%23.9%113.3%  60.8%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes