Fairbanks, Alaska vs. Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Health
  10.5% lower in Chattanooga, Tennessee
than in Fairbanks, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Fairbanks, AKChattanooga, TNU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.2100.4100  27.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairbanks, AKChattanooga, TNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.3104.3100  3.7%
Heart Failure77.7101.7100  30.9%
Hip Knee Replacement77.197.5100  26.5%
Pneumonia81.4109100  33.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairbanks, AKChattanooga, TNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,985$24,078$23,281  3.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$12,490$16,335$16,237  30.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,067$21,587$22,499  26.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,690$18,334$17,007  33.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairbanks, AKChattanooga, TNU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%18.3%3.1%  25.3%
2015-201647.3%23.2%12.5%  51.0%
2016-201728.8%64.5%57.9%  124.0%
2017-2018-21.6%57.4%19.0%  365.7%
2018-2019-3.3%-26.2%-2.2%  693.9%
Since 201464.8%178.2%113.3%  175.0%
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