Myrtle Beach, South Carolina vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  15.6% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
   Insurance cost
Myrtle Beach, SCBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium101.761.8100  39.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Myrtle Beach, SCBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102102.9100  0.9%
Heart Failure95.2101.2100  6.3%
Hip Knee Replacement89.6110.4100  23.2%
Pneumonia96.9102100  5.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Myrtle Beach, SCBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,531$23,736$23,281  0.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,296$16,264$16,237  6.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,833$24,442$22,499  23.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,287$17,153$17,007  5.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Myrtle Beach, SCBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.0%-2.6%3.1%  ∞%
2015-201611.1%-1.5%12.5%  113.5%
2016-201728.2%-2.7%57.9%  109.6%
2017-201834.7%26.4%19.0%  23.9%
2018-20196.2%5.1%-2.2%  17.7%
Since 2014103.7%23.9%113.3%  77.0%
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