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Health
  7.0% higher in Charlotte, North Carolina
than in Lafayette, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Lafayette, LACharlotte, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium86.4102.9100  19.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lafayette, LACharlotte, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.595.1100  9.0%
Heart Failure96.197.1100  1.0%
Hip Knee Replacement96.696100  0.6%
Pneumonia105.1102.9100  2.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lafayette, LACharlotte, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,106$21,943$23,281  9.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,447$15,602$16,237  1.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,380$21,251$22,499  0.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,673$17,311$17,007  2.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lafayette, LACharlotte, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%6.0%3.1%  9.1%
2015-20168.6%23.1%12.5%  168.6%
2016-201717.0%39.6%57.9%  132.9%
2017-201814.8%15.5%19.0%  4.7%
2018-2019-4.2%-1.4%-2.2%  66.7%
Since 201447.4%107.4%113.3%  126.6%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes