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Mountain Brook, Alabama vs. Houston, Texas

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Health
  8.6% lower in Houston, Texas
than in Mountain Brook, Alabama
   Insurance cost
Mountain Brook, ALHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium100.875.4100  25.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Mountain Brook, ALHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.2106.5100  9.6%
Heart Failure101.8112.9100  10.9%
Hip Knee Replacement103.9103.2100  0.7%
Pneumonia104.7124.1100  18.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Mountain Brook, ALHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,431$24,565$23,281  9.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$18,146$16,237  10.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,011$22,855$22,499  0.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,608$20,870$17,007  18.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Mountain Brook, 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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