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Lowell, Massachusetts vs. Norfolk, Virginia

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Health
  30.7% higher in Norfolk, Virginia
than in Lowell, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Lowell, MANorfolk, VAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium63.3113.8100  79.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lowell, MANorfolk, VAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.696.6100  5.8%
Heart Failure103100.6100  2.3%
Hip Knee Replacement106.3115.3100  8.5%
Pneumonia100.7101.2100  0.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lowell, MANorfolk, VAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,684$22,300$23,281  5.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,555$16,159$16,237  2.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,539$25,527$22,499  8.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,933$17,025$17,007  0.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lowell, MANorfolk, VAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%3.3%3.1%  226.9%
2015-2016-1.5%3.9%12.5%  360.0%
2016-2017-2.7%10.3%57.9%  481.5%
2017-201826.4%66.1%19.0%  150.4%
2018-20195.1%3.7%-2.2%  27.5%
Since 201423.9%104.0%113.3%  335.1%
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