Hershey, Pennsylvania vs. Wichita, Kansas

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Health
  1.5% lower in Wichita, Kansas
than in Hershey, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Hershey, PAWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium108.8101.5100  6.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Hershey, PAWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack90.4103.7100  14.7%
Heart Failure106.5104.6100  1.8%
Hip Knee Replacement97.598.6100  1.1%
Pneumonia109.7106.8100  2.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Hershey, PAWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$20,864$23,924$23,281  14.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,119$16,806$16,237  1.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,582$21,823$22,499  1.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,455$17,958$17,007  2.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Hershey, PAWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.7%-4.6%3.1%  170.6%
2015-201610.6%15.8%12.5%  49.1%
2016-201752.3%42.4%57.9%  18.9%
2017-201845.2%37.8%19.0%  16.4%
2018-2019-15.8%6.6%-2.2%  141.8%
Since 2014102.5%131.0%113.3%  27.8%
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