Fairbanks, Alaska vs. Pittsfield, Massachusetts

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Health
  22.6% lower in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
than in Fairbanks, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Fairbanks, AKPittsfield, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.265.8100  52.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairbanks, AKPittsfield, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.3106.7100  1.5%
Heart Failure77.7102.4100  31.8%
Hip Knee Replacement77.1119100  54.3%
Pneumonia81.4103.5100  27.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairbanks, AKPittsfield, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,985$24,612$23,281  1.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$12,490$16,447$16,237  31.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,067$26,337$22,499  54.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,690$17,398$17,007  27.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairbanks, AKPittsfield, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-2.6%3.1%  117.8%
2015-201647.3%-1.5%12.5%  103.2%
2016-201728.8%-2.7%57.9%  109.4%
2017-2018-21.6%26.4%19.0%  222.2%
2018-2019-3.3%5.1%-2.2%  254.5%
Since 201464.8%23.9%113.3%  63.1%
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