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Hickory, North Carolina vs. Muscle Shoals, Alabama

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Health
  16.9% lower in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
than in Hickory, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Hickory, NCMuscle Shoals, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium145.7102.1100  29.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Hickory, NCMuscle Shoals, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack98.796.1100  2.6%
Heart Failure98.298.5100  0.3%
Hip Knee Replacement98.6111.4100  13.0%
Pneumonia103.896.7100  6.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Hickory, NCMuscle Shoals, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,777$22,166$23,281  2.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,778$15,821$16,237  0.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,834$24,657$22,499  12.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,453$16,260$17,007  6.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Hickory, NCMuscle Shoals, ALU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%3.1%3.1%  48.3%
2015-201623.1%12.5%12.5%  45.9%
2016-201739.6%57.9%57.9%  46.2%
2017-201815.5%19.0%19.0%  22.6%
2018-2019-1.4%-2.2%-2.2%  57.1%
Since 2014107.4%113.3%113.3%  5.5%
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