Fairbanks, Alaska vs. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Health
  24.4% lower in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
than in Fairbanks, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Fairbanks, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.263.9100  53.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairbanks, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.3104.1100  3.9%
Heart Failure77.7110.4100  42.1%
Hip Knee Replacement77.1106.4100  38.0%
Pneumonia81.4113.7100  39.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairbanks, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,985$24,010$23,281  3.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$12,490$17,732$16,237  42.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,067$23,548$22,499  38.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,690$19,117$17,007  39.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairbanks, AKPittsburgh, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-1.7%3.1%  111.6%
2015-201647.3%10.6%12.5%  77.6%
2016-201728.8%52.3%57.9%  81.6%
2017-2018-21.6%45.2%19.0%  309.3%
2018-2019-3.3%-15.8%-2.2%  378.8%
Since 201464.8%102.5%113.3%  58.2%
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