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Plainsboro, New Jersey vs. Palo Alto, California

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Health
  11.0% higher in Palo Alto, California
than in Plainsboro, New Jersey
   Insurance cost
Plainsboro, NJPalo Alto, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium66.897.3100  45.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Plainsboro, NJPalo Alto, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack114.4102.7100  10.2%
Heart Failure114.7101.9100  11.2%
Hip Knee Replacement116.5105.1100  9.8%
Pneumonia108.3104.3100  3.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Plainsboro, NJPalo Alto, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$26,403$23,705$23,281  10.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$18,426$16,366$16,237  11.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$25,783$23,270$22,499  9.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,209$17,545$17,007  3.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Plainsboro, NJPalo Alto, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.2%4.0%3.1%  281.8%
2015-20165.1%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-20174.8%9.3%57.9%  93.8%
2017-201818.7%26.1%19.0%  39.6%
2018-2019-14.8%1.2%-2.2%  108.1%
Since 20149.0%45.0%113.3%  400.0%
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