Lafayette, Louisiana vs. Chesapeake, Virginia

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Health
  16.0% higher in Chesapeake, Virginia
than in Lafayette, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Lafayette, LAChesapeake, VAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium86.4113.8100  31.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lafayette, LAChesapeake, VAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.597.5100  6.7%
Heart Failure96.199.2100  3.2%
Hip Knee Replacement96.6113.8100  17.8%
Pneumonia105.197100  7.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lafayette, LAChesapeake, VAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,106$22,499$23,281  6.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,447$15,939$16,237  3.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,380$25,191$22,499  17.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,673$16,310$17,007  7.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lafayette, LAChesapeake, VAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%3.3%3.1%  40.0%
2015-20168.6%3.9%12.5%  54.7%
2016-201717.0%10.3%57.9%  39.4%
2017-201814.8%66.1%19.0%  346.6%
2018-2019-4.2%3.7%-2.2%  188.1%
Since 201447.4%104.0%113.3%  119.4%
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