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15.1% lower in Cambridge, Massachusetts
than in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Insurance cost

	Chapel Hill, NC	Cambridge, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	92.3	63.3	100	31.4%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Chapel Hill, NC	Cambridge, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	92	102.6	100	11.5%
Heart Failure	102.9	103	100	0.1%
Hip Knee Replacement	118.4	106.3	100	10.2%
Pneumonia	101.2	100.7	100	0.5%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Chapel Hill, NC	Cambridge, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$21,218	$23,684	$23,281	11.6%
Heart Failure Hospital	$16,542	$16,555	$16,237	0.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$26,216	$23,539	$22,499	10.2%
Pneumonia Hospital	$17,010	$16,933	$17,007	0.5%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Chapel Hill, NC	Cambridge, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	6.0%	-2.6%	3.1%	143.3%
2015-2016	23.1%	-1.5%	12.5%	106.5%
2016-2017	39.6%	-2.7%	57.9%	106.8%
2017-2018	15.5%	26.4%	19.0%	70.3%
2018-2019	-1.4%	5.1%	-2.2%	464.3%
Since 2014	107.4%	23.9%	113.3%	77.7%

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