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Health
9.1% lower in Puyallup, Washington
than in Columbia, Maryland

Insurance cost

	Columbia, MD	Puyallup, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	80.4	73.3	100	8.8%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Columbia, MD	Puyallup, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	108.4	98.1	100	9.5%
Heart Failure	99.5	92.4	100	7.1%
Hip Knee Replacement	104	89.2	100	14.2%
Pneumonia	99.3	98.4	100	0.9%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Columbia, MD	Puyallup, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$25,017	$22,637	$23,281	9.5%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,988	$14,844	$16,237	7.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$23,023	$19,749	$22,499	14.2%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,698	$16,549	$17,007	0.9%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Columbia, MD	Puyallup, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	15.9%	-17.9%	3.1%	212.6%
2015-2016	-0.4%	5.6%	12.5%	1,500.0%
2016-2017	25.2%	-1.6%	57.9%	106.3%
2017-2018	53.1%	38.3%	19.0%	27.9%
2018-2019	-14.0%	13.4%	-2.2%	195.7%
Since 2014	90.5%	33.7%	113.3%	62.8%

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