Gateway, Alaska vs. Big Lake, Minnesota

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Health
  30.6% lower in Big Lake, Minnesota
than in Gateway, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Gateway, AKBig Lake, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.257.6100  58.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Gateway, AKBig Lake, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack91.299.9100  9.5%
Heart Failure84.197.1100  15.5%
Hip Knee Replacement8396.8100  16.6%
Pneumonia82.296.7100  17.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Gateway, AKBig Lake, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,051$23,046$23,281  9.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,508$15,607$16,237  15.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,385$21,431$22,499  16.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,829$16,267$17,007  17.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Gateway, AKBig Lake, 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%
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