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Bismarck, North Dakota vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  5.2% higher in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Bismarck, North Dakota
   Insurance cost
Bismarck, NDFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium75.872.7100  4.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bismarck, NDFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94102.3100  8.8%
Heart Failure96103.4100  7.7%
Hip Knee Replacement85.6109.4100  27.8%
Pneumonia100.5100.2100  0.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bismarck, NDFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,699$23,603$23,281  8.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,422$16,613$16,237  7.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,950$24,227$22,499  27.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,908$16,851$17,007  0.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bismarck, NDFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.7%-3.1%3.1%  146.3%
2015-20168.9%4.6%12.5%  48.3%
2016-20176.7%-5.7%57.9%  185.1%
2017-20187.1%29.5%19.0%  315.5%
2018-201921.2%3.8%-2.2%  82.1%
Since 201460.9%28.6%113.3%  53.0%
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