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Fairbanks, Alaska vs. Brainerd, Minnesota

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Health
  32.4% lower in Brainerd, Minnesota
than in Fairbanks, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Fairbanks, AKBrainerd, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.261.4100  55.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairbanks, AKBrainerd, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.391.6100  15.4%
Heart Failure77.798100  26.1%
Hip Knee Replacement77.186.3100  11.9%
Pneumonia81.497.4100  19.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairbanks, AKBrainerd, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,985$21,136$23,281  15.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$12,490$15,751$16,237  26.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,067$19,105$22,499  11.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,690$16,379$17,007  19.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairbanks, AKBrainerd, MNU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%42.3%3.1%  189.7%
2015-201647.3%0.4%12.5%  99.2%
2016-201728.8%58.5%57.9%  103.1%
2017-2018-21.6%-6.6%19.0%  69.4%
2018-2019-3.3%-15.3%-2.2%  363.6%
Since 201464.8%79.1%113.3%  22.1%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes