Colby, Kansas vs. Worcester, Massachusetts

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Health
  21.5% lower in Worcester, Massachusetts
than in Colby, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Colby, KSWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.965.8100  41.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Colby, KSWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack100.8103.8100  3.0%
Heart Failure118.4106.1100  10.4%
Hip Knee Replacement100.9114.1100  13.1%
Pneumonia124.4102100  18.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Colby, KSWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,266$23,950$23,281  2.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$19,021$17,055$16,237  10.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,330$25,254$22,499  13.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$20,920$17,151$17,007  18.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Colby, KSWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%-2.6%3.1%  43.5%
2015-201615.8%-1.5%12.5%  109.5%
2016-201742.4%-2.7%57.9%  106.4%
2017-201837.8%26.4%19.0%  30.2%
2018-20196.6%5.1%-2.2%  22.7%
Since 2014131.0%23.9%113.3%  81.8%
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