Fairbanks, Alaska vs. New Bedford, Massachusetts

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Health
  26.9% lower in New Bedford, Massachusetts
than in Fairbanks, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Fairbanks, AKNew Bedford, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.259.9100  56.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairbanks, AKNew Bedford, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.3102.7100  5.2%
Heart Failure77.7104.7100  34.7%
Hip Knee Replacement77.1109100  41.4%
Pneumonia81.4106100  30.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairbanks, AKNew Bedford, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,985$23,704$23,281  5.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$12,490$16,831$16,237  34.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,067$24,121$22,499  41.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,690$17,832$17,007  30.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairbanks, AKNew Bedford, 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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