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Health
  6.7% lower in Phoenix, Arizona
than in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
   Insurance cost
Myrtle Beach, SCPhoenix, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium101.781.8100  19.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Myrtle Beach, SCPhoenix, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102102.8100  0.8%
Heart Failure95.2109.4100  14.9%
Hip Knee Replacement89.696100  7.1%
Pneumonia96.9108.6100  12.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Myrtle Beach, SCPhoenix, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,531$23,713$23,281  0.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,296$17,576$16,237  14.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,833$21,252$22,499  7.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,287$18,264$17,007  12.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Myrtle Beach, SCPhoenix, AZU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.0%-3.0%3.1%  ∞%
2015-201611.1%21.9%12.5%  97.3%
2016-201728.2%115.5%57.9%  309.6%
2017-201834.7%0.2%19.0%  99.4%
2018-20196.2%-8.7%-2.2%  240.3%
Since 2014103.7%133.2%113.3%  28.4%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes