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Boston, Massachusetts vs. Topeka, Kansas

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Health
  23.5% higher in Topeka, Kansas
than in Boston, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Boston, MATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium61.8104.2100  68.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Boston, MATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.9106.8100  3.8%
Heart Failure101.2108100  6.7%
Hip Knee Replacement110.490.6100  17.9%
Pneumonia102108.2100  6.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Boston, MATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,736$24,653$23,281  3.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,264$17,357$16,237  6.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,442$20,066$22,499  17.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,153$18,197$17,007  6.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Boston, MATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%-4.6%3.1%  76.9%
2015-2016-1.5%15.8%12.5%  1,153.3%
2016-2017-2.7%42.4%57.9%  1,670.4%
2017-201826.4%37.8%19.0%  43.2%
2018-20195.1%6.6%-2.2%  29.4%
Since 201423.9%131.0%113.3%  448.1%
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