Ketchikan, Alaska vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  26.3% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Ketchikan, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Ketchikan, AKBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.961.8100  54.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ketchikan, AKBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.5102.9100  1.4%
Heart Failure89.3101.2100  13.3%
Hip Knee Replacement89.5110.4100  23.4%
Pneumonia75.9102100  34.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ketchikan, AKBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$23,736$23,281  1.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,346$16,264$16,237  13.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,825$24,442$22,499  23.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$12,766$17,153$17,007  34.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ketchikan, AKBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-2.6%3.1%  117.8%
2015-201647.3%-1.5%12.5%  103.2%
2016-201728.8%-2.7%57.9%  109.4%
2017-2018-21.6%26.4%19.0%  222.2%
2018-2019-3.3%5.1%-2.2%  254.5%
Since 201464.8%23.9%113.3%  63.1%
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