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Black Mountain, North Carolina vs. Bakersfield, California

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Health
  22.9% lower in Bakersfield, California
than in Black Mountain, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Black Mountain, NCBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.582100  37.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Black Mountain, NCBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack92.1103.9100  12.8%
Heart Failure101.2101.8100  0.6%
Hip Knee Replacement101.882100  19.4%
Pneumonia104100.2100  3.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Black Mountain, NCBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,250$23,971$23,281  12.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,266$16,360$16,237  0.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,542$18,143$22,499  19.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,495$16,856$17,007  3.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Black Mountain, NCBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%4.0%3.1%  33.3%
2015-201623.1%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201739.6%9.3%57.9%  76.5%
2017-201815.5%26.1%19.0%  68.4%
2018-2019-1.4%1.2%-2.2%  185.7%
Since 2014107.4%45.0%113.3%  58.1%
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