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Columbia, South Carolina vs. Scotch Plains, New Jersey

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Health
  17.2% lower in Scotch Plains, New Jersey
than in Columbia, South Carolina
   Insurance cost
Columbia, SCScotch Plains, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium115.766.8100  42.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Columbia, SCScotch Plains, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.7115.7100  20.9%
Heart Failure96.2119.2100  23.9%
Hip Knee Replacement101.492.4100  8.9%
Pneumonia100.6127.8100  27.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Columbia, SCScotch Plains, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,072$26,690$23,281  20.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,450$19,158$16,237  24.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,453$20,467$22,499  8.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,913$21,491$17,007  27.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Columbia, SCScotch Plains, NJU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.0%-2.2%3.1%  ∞%
2015-201611.1%5.1%12.5%  54.1%
2016-201728.2%4.8%57.9%  83.0%
2017-201834.7%18.7%19.0%  46.1%
2018-20196.2%-14.8%-2.2%  338.7%
Since 2014103.7%9.0%113.3%  91.3%
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