Ketchikan, Alaska vs. Chicago, Illinois

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Health
  19.9% lower in Chicago, Illinois
than in Ketchikan, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Ketchikan, AKChicago, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.973.7100  45.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ketchikan, AKChicago, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.5103.1100  1.6%
Heart Failure89.3104.1100  16.6%
Hip Knee Replacement89.5112.3100  25.5%
Pneumonia75.9110.4100  45.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ketchikan, AKChicago, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$23,800$23,281  1.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,346$16,722$16,237  16.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,825$24,870$22,499  25.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$12,766$18,557$17,007  45.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ketchikan, AKChicago, ILU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%3.1%3.1%  78.8%
2015-201647.3%9.0%12.5%  81.0%
2016-201728.8%38.0%57.9%  31.9%
2017-2018-21.6%38.1%19.0%  276.4%
2018-2019-3.3%-1.6%-2.2%  51.5%
Since 201464.8%110.6%113.3%  70.7%
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