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Health
1.4% lower in Short Hills, New Jersey
than in Columbia, Maryland

Insurance cost

	Columbia, MD	Short Hills, NJ	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	80.4	66.8	100	16.9%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Columbia, MD	Short Hills, NJ	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	108.4	107.4	100	0.9%
Heart Failure	99.5	116.2	100	16.8%
Hip Knee Replacement	104	122.6	100	17.9%
Pneumonia	99.3	113.5	100	14.3%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Columbia, MD	Short Hills, NJ	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$25,017	$24,789	$23,281	0.9%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,988	$18,667	$16,237	16.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$23,023	$27,141	$22,499	17.9%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,698	$19,091	$17,007	14.3%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Columbia, MD	Short Hills, NJ	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	15.9%	-2.2%	3.1%	113.8%
2015-2016	-0.4%	5.1%	12.5%	1,375.0%
2016-2017	25.2%	4.8%	57.9%	81.0%
2017-2018	53.1%	18.7%	19.0%	64.8%
2018-2019	-14.0%	-14.8%	-2.2%	5.7%
Since 2014	90.5%	9.0%	113.3%	90.1%

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