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Bluffton, South Carolina vs. Banner Elk, North Carolina

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Health
  17.8% higher in Banner Elk, North Carolina
than in Bluffton, South Carolina
   Insurance cost
Bluffton, SCBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium103.1131.5100  27.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bluffton, SCBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack89.597.9100  9.4%
Heart Failure8292.3100  12.6%
Hip Knee Replacement94.498.8100  4.7%
Pneumonia92.893.1100  0.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bluffton, SCBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$20,655$22,580$23,281  9.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,179$14,835$16,237  12.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,900$21,872$22,499  4.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,599$15,658$17,007  0.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bluffton, SCBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.0%6.0%3.1%  ∞%
2015-201611.1%23.1%12.5%  108.1%
2016-201728.2%39.6%57.9%  40.4%
2017-201834.7%15.5%19.0%  55.3%
2018-20196.2%-1.4%-2.2%  122.6%
Since 2014103.7%107.4%113.3%  3.6%
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