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Columbia, Maryland vs. Welch, West Virginia

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Health
  20.7% higher in Welch, West Virginia
than in Columbia, Maryland
   Insurance cost
Columbia, MDWelch, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium80.4126.5100  57.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Columbia, MDWelch, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.498.3100  9.3%
Heart Failure99.596.9100  2.6%
Hip Knee Replacement10497.7100  6.1%
Pneumonia99.387.4100  12.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Columbia, MDWelch, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$25,017$22,676$23,281  9.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,988$15,576$16,237  2.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,023$21,638$22,499  6.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,698$14,689$17,007  12.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Columbia, MDWelch, WVU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201515.9%2.8%3.1%  82.4%
2015-2016-0.4%24.2%12.5%  6,150.0%
2016-201725.2%31.5%57.9%  25.0%
2017-201853.1%15.5%19.0%  70.8%
2018-2019-14.0%9.4%-2.2%  167.1%
Since 201490.5%112.1%113.3%  23.9%
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