Colby, Kansas vs. Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Health
  26.5% lower in Albuquerque, New Mexico
than in Colby, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Colby, KSAlbuquerque, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.965.3100  42.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Colby, KSAlbuquerque, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack100.895100  5.8%
Heart Failure118.498.2100  17.1%
Hip Knee Replacement100.998.2100  2.7%
Pneumonia124.496.5100  22.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Colby, KSAlbuquerque, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,266$21,918$23,281  5.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$19,021$15,786$16,237  17.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,330$21,746$22,499  2.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$20,920$16,223$17,007  22.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Colby, KSAlbuquerque, NMU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%-12.4%3.1%  169.6%
2015-201615.8%7.1%12.5%  55.1%
2016-201742.4%28.8%57.9%  32.1%
2017-201837.8%51.6%19.0%  36.5%
2018-20196.6%-11.8%-2.2%  278.8%
Since 2014131.0%61.5%113.3%  53.1%
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