Houston, Texas vs. Fort Meade, Maryland

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Health
  5.2% lower in Fort Meade, Maryland
than in Houston, Texas
   Insurance cost
Houston, TXFort Meade, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium75.480.4100  6.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Houston, TXFort Meade, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.596.7100  9.2%
Heart Failure112.996100  15.0%
Hip Knee Replacement103.293.1100  9.8%
Pneumonia124.193.6100  24.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Houston, TXFort Meade, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,565$22,319$23,281  9.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$18,146$15,419$16,237  15.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,855$20,608$22,499  9.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$20,870$15,735$17,007  24.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Houston, TXFort Meade, MDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.2%15.9%3.1%  396.9%
2015-20165.1%-0.4%12.5%  107.8%
2016-201719.0%25.2%57.9%  32.6%
2017-201835.6%53.1%19.0%  49.2%
2018-20192.3%-14.0%-2.2%  708.7%
Since 201479.0%90.5%113.3%  14.6%
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