Mesa, Arizona vs. Athens, Tennessee

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Health
  7.3% higher in Athens, Tennessee
than in Mesa, Arizona
   Insurance cost
Mesa, AZAthens, TNU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium81.8100.4100  22.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Mesa, AZAthens, TNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.898.3100  4.4%
Heart Failure109.496.9100  11.4%
Hip Knee Replacement9696.1100  0.1%
Pneumonia108.698.9100  8.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Mesa, AZAthens, TNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,713$22,673$23,281  4.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,576$15,568$16,237  11.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,252$21,284$22,499  0.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,264$16,630$17,007  8.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Mesa, AZAthens, TNU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-3.0%18.3%3.1%  710.0%
2015-201621.9%23.2%12.5%  5.9%
2016-2017115.5%64.5%57.9%  44.2%
2017-20180.2%57.4%19.0%  28,600.0%
2018-2019-8.7%-26.2%-2.2%  201.1%
Since 2014133.2%178.2%113.3%  33.8%
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