Jersey City, New Jersey vs. Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Health
  8.9% lower in Cambridge, Massachusetts
than in Jersey City, New Jersey
   Insurance cost
Jersey City, NJCambridge, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium66.863.3100  5.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Jersey City, NJCambridge, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack105.1102.6100  2.4%
Heart Failure108.5103100  5.1%
Hip Knee Replacement135.1106.3100  21.3%
Pneumonia108.4100.7100  7.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Jersey City, NJCambridge, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,250$23,684$23,281  2.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,430$16,555$16,237  5.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$29,905$23,539$22,499  21.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,222$16,933$17,007  7.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Jersey City, NJCambridge, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.2%-2.6%3.1%  18.2%
2015-20165.1%-1.5%12.5%  129.4%
2016-20174.8%-2.7%57.9%  156.3%
2017-201818.7%26.4%19.0%  41.2%
2018-2019-14.8%5.1%-2.2%  134.5%
Since 20149.0%23.9%113.3%  165.6%
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