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10.5% lower in Leicester, Massachusetts
than in Bluffton, South Carolina

Insurance cost

	Bluffton, SC	Leicester, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	103.1	65.8	100	36.2%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Bluffton, SC	Leicester, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	89.5	103.8	100	16.0%
Heart Failure	82	106.1	100	29.4%
Hip Knee Replacement	94.4	114.1	100	20.9%
Pneumonia	92.8	102	100	9.9%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Bluffton, SC	Leicester, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$20,655	$23,950	$23,281	16.0%
Heart Failure Hospital	$13,179	$17,055	$16,237	29.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$20,900	$25,254	$22,499	20.8%
Pneumonia Hospital	$15,599	$17,151	$17,007	9.9%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Bluffton, SC	Leicester, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	0.0%	-2.6%	3.1%	∞%
2015-2016	11.1%	-1.5%	12.5%	113.5%
2016-2017	28.2%	-2.7%	57.9%	109.6%
2017-2018	34.7%	26.4%	19.0%	23.9%
2018-2019	6.2%	5.1%	-2.2%	17.7%
Since 2014	103.7%	23.9%	113.3%	77.0%

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