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Lake Charles, Louisiana vs. Bethesda, Maryland

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Health
  4.8% lower in Bethesda, Maryland
than in Lake Charles, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Lake Charles, LABethesda, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium98.780.4100  18.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lake Charles, LABethesda, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack9497.9100  4.1%
Heart Failure95.3106.1100  11.3%
Hip Knee Replacement97.9111.2100  13.6%
Pneumonia96104.1100  8.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lake Charles, LABethesda, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,699$22,581$23,281  4.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,311$17,050$16,237  11.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,668$24,614$22,499  13.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,137$17,505$17,007  8.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lake Charles, LABethesda, MDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%15.9%3.1%  189.1%
2015-20168.6%-0.4%12.5%  104.7%
2016-201717.0%25.2%57.9%  48.2%
2017-201814.8%53.1%19.0%  258.8%
2018-2019-4.2%-14.0%-2.2%  233.3%
Since 201447.4%90.5%113.3%  90.9%
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