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Boston, Massachusetts vs. Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Health
  17.7% higher in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
than in Boston, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Boston, MAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium61.892.3100  49.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Boston, MAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.992100  10.6%
Heart Failure101.2102.9100  1.7%
Hip Knee Replacement110.4118.4100  7.2%
Pneumonia102101.2100  0.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Boston, MAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,736$21,218$23,281  10.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,264$16,542$16,237  1.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,442$26,216$22,499  7.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,153$17,010$17,007  0.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Boston, MAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%6.0%3.1%  330.8%
2015-2016-1.5%23.1%12.5%  1,640.0%
2016-2017-2.7%39.6%57.9%  1,566.7%
2017-201826.4%15.5%19.0%  41.3%
2018-20195.1%-1.4%-2.2%  127.5%
Since 201423.9%107.4%113.3%  349.4%
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