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Columbia, South Carolina vs. State College, Pennsylvania

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Health
  0.7% lower in State College, Pennsylvania
than in Columbia, South Carolina
   Insurance cost
Columbia, SCState College, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium115.7112.9100  2.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Columbia, SCState College, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.795.4100  0.3%
Heart Failure96.2104.7100  8.8%
Hip Knee Replacement101.495.7100  5.6%
Pneumonia100.6111.6100  10.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Columbia, SCState College, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,072$22,014$23,281  0.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,450$16,821$16,237  8.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,453$21,177$22,499  5.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,913$18,767$17,007  11.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Columbia, SCState College, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.0%-1.7%3.1%  ∞%
2015-201611.1%10.6%12.5%  4.5%
2016-201728.2%52.3%57.9%  85.5%
2017-201834.7%45.2%19.0%  30.3%
2018-20196.2%-15.8%-2.2%  354.8%
Since 2014103.7%102.5%113.3%  1.2%
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