Los Alamos, New Mexico vs. Houston, Texas

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Health
  10.8% higher in Houston, Texas
than in Los Alamos, New Mexico
   Insurance cost
Los Alamos, NMHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium74.375.4100  1.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Los Alamos, NMHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94.8106.5100  12.3%
Heart Failure91.3112.9100  23.7%
Hip Knee Replacement91.2103.2100  13.2%
Pneumonia91.1124.1100  36.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Los Alamos, NMHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,875$24,565$23,281  12.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,668$18,146$16,237  23.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,199$22,855$22,499  13.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,324$20,870$17,007  36.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Los Alamos, NMHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-12.4%3.2%3.1%  125.8%
2015-20167.1%5.1%12.5%  28.2%
2016-201728.8%19.0%57.9%  34.0%
2017-201851.6%35.6%19.0%  31.0%
2018-2019-11.8%2.3%-2.2%  119.5%
Since 201461.5%79.0%113.3%  28.5%
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