Colby, Kansas vs. Anchorage, Alaska

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Health
  1.4% higher in Anchorage, Alaska
than in Colby, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Colby, KSAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.9131.5100  16.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Colby, KSAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack100.8102.6100  1.8%
Heart Failure118.491.6100  22.6%
Hip Knee Replacement100.983.3100  17.4%
Pneumonia124.489.3100  28.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Colby, KSAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,266$23,681$23,281  1.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$19,021$14,719$16,237  22.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,330$18,433$22,499  17.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$20,920$15,009$17,007  28.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Colby, KSAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%14.6%3.1%  417.4%
2015-201615.8%47.3%12.5%  199.4%
2016-201742.4%28.8%57.9%  32.1%
2017-201837.8%-21.6%19.0%  157.1%
2018-20196.6%-3.3%-2.2%  150.0%
Since 2014131.0%64.8%113.3%  50.5%
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