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Health
14.9% higher in Fairfield, Maine
than in Columbia, Maryland

Insurance cost

	Columbia, MD	Fairfield, ME	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	80.4	113.2	100	40.8%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Columbia, MD	Fairfield, ME	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	108.4	100.5	100	7.3%
Heart Failure	99.5	94.6	100	4.9%
Hip Knee Replacement	104	101.8	100	2.1%
Pneumonia	99.3	92.5	100	6.8%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Columbia, MD	Fairfield, ME	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$25,017	$23,201	$23,281	7.3%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,988	$15,194	$16,237	5.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$23,023	$22,529	$22,499	2.1%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,698	$15,553	$17,007	6.9%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Columbia, MD	Fairfield, ME	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	15.9%	-1.2%	3.1%	107.5%
2015-2016	-0.4%	4.4%	12.5%	1,200.0%
2016-2017	25.2%	14.9%	57.9%	40.9%
2017-2018	53.1%	52.7%	19.0%	0.8%
2018-2019	-14.0%	-7.5%	-2.2%	46.4%
Since 2014	90.5%	67.4%	113.3%	25.5%

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