Mobile, Alabama vs. Houston, Texas

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Health
  10.6% lower in Houston, Texas
than in Mobile, Alabama
   Insurance cost
Mobile, ALHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium105.475.4100  28.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Mobile, ALHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack100.7106.5100  5.8%
Heart Failure96.2112.9100  17.4%
Hip Knee Replacement104.2103.2100  1.0%
Pneumonia101124.1100  22.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Mobile, ALHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,232$24,565$23,281  5.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,450$18,146$16,237  17.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,074$22,855$22,499  0.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,983$20,870$17,007  22.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Mobile, ALHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%3.2%3.1%  3.2%
2015-201612.5%5.1%12.5%  59.2%
2016-201757.9%19.0%57.9%  67.2%
2017-201819.0%35.6%19.0%  87.4%
2018-2019-2.2%2.3%-2.2%  204.5%
Since 2014113.3%79.0%113.3%  30.3%
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