Lafayette, Louisiana vs. Topeka, Kansas

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Health
  10.2% higher in Topeka, Kansas
than in Lafayette, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Lafayette, LATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium86.4104.2100  20.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lafayette, LATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.5106.8100  2.2%
Heart Failure96.1108100  12.4%
Hip Knee Replacement96.690.6100  6.2%
Pneumonia105.1108.2100  2.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lafayette, LATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,106$24,653$23,281  2.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,447$17,357$16,237  12.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,380$20,066$22,499  6.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,673$18,197$17,007  3.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lafayette, LATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%-4.6%3.1%  183.6%
2015-20168.6%15.8%12.5%  83.7%
2016-201717.0%42.4%57.9%  149.4%
2017-201814.8%37.8%19.0%  155.4%
2018-2019-4.2%6.6%-2.2%  257.1%
Since 201447.4%131.0%113.3%  176.4%
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