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Houghton, Michigan vs. Banner Elk, North Carolina

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Health
  12.0% higher in Banner Elk, North Carolina
than in Houghton, Michigan
   Insurance cost
Houghton, MIBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium108.3131.5100  21.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Houghton, MIBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack9697.9100  2.0%
Heart Failure9092.3100  2.6%
Hip Knee Replacement99.998.8100  1.1%
Pneumonia89.993.1100  3.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Houghton, MIBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,148$22,580$23,281  2.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,457$14,835$16,237  2.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,121$21,872$22,499  1.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,118$15,658$17,007  3.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Houghton, MIBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.4%6.0%3.1%  1,400.0%
2015-20162.0%23.1%12.5%  1,055.0%
2016-20176.9%39.6%57.9%  473.9%
2017-201837.1%15.5%19.0%  58.2%
2018-20190.5%-1.4%-2.2%  380.0%
Since 201450.8%107.4%113.3%  111.4%
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