Muscatine, Iowa vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  30.2% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Muscatine, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Muscatine, IABoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium142.261.8100  56.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Muscatine, IABoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5102.9100  6.6%
Heart Failure93.5101.2100  8.2%
Hip Knee Replacement94.5110.4100  16.8%
Pneumonia104.2102100  2.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Muscatine, IABoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,272$23,736$23,281  6.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,016$16,264$16,237  8.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,929$24,442$22,499  16.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,514$17,153$17,007  2.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Muscatine, IABoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-2.6%3.1%  155.3%
2015-201613.2%-1.5%12.5%  111.4%
2016-201726.3%-2.7%57.9%  110.3%
2017-201888.1%26.4%19.0%  70.0%
2018-20196.9%5.1%-2.2%  26.1%
Since 2014201.2%23.9%113.3%  88.1%
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