Fairbanks, Alaska vs. Bakersfield, California

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Health
  21.6% lower in Bakersfield, California
than in Fairbanks, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Fairbanks, AKBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.282100  40.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairbanks, AKBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.3103.9100  4.1%
Heart Failure77.7101.8100  31.0%
Hip Knee Replacement77.182100  6.4%
Pneumonia81.4100.2100  23.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairbanks, AKBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,985$23,971$23,281  4.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$12,490$16,360$16,237  31.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,067$18,143$22,499  6.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,690$16,856$17,007  23.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairbanks, AKBakersfield, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%4.0%3.1%  72.6%
2015-201647.3%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201728.8%9.3%57.9%  67.7%
2017-2018-21.6%26.1%19.0%  220.8%
2018-2019-3.3%1.2%-2.2%  136.4%
Since 201464.8%45.0%113.3%  30.6%
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