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Columbia, Maryland vs. West Laurel, Maryland

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Health
  0.9% higher in West Laurel, Maryland
than in Columbia, Maryland
   Insurance cost
Columbia, MDWest Laurel, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium80.480.4100  0.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Columbia, MDWest Laurel, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.4101.2100  6.6%
Heart Failure99.596.9100  2.6%
Hip Knee Replacement104116.9100  12.4%
Pneumonia99.3100.3100  1.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Columbia, MDWest Laurel, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$25,017$23,350$23,281  6.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,988$15,571$16,237  2.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,023$25,888$22,499  12.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,698$16,869$17,007  1.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Columbia, MDWest Laurel, MDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201515.9%15.9%3.1%  0.0%
2015-2016-0.4%-0.4%12.5%  0.0%
2016-201725.2%25.2%57.9%  0.0%
2017-201853.1%53.1%19.0%  0.0%
2018-2019-14.0%-14.0%-2.2%  0.0%
Since 201490.5%90.5%113.3%  0.0%
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