Portales, New Mexico vs. Wamego, Kansas

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Health
  22.0% higher in Wamego, Kansas
than in Portales, New Mexico
   Insurance cost
Portales, NMWamego, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium74.3104.2100  40.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Portales, NMWamego, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack98.399.6100  1.3%
Heart Failure88.8108.6100  22.3%
Hip Knee Replacement102.994.6100  8.1%
Pneumonia84.6123.1100  45.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Portales, NMWamego, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,692$22,973$23,281  1.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,267$17,447$16,237  22.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,781$20,937$22,499  8.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,228$20,700$17,007  45.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Portales, NMWamego, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-12.4%-4.6%3.1%  62.9%
2015-20167.1%15.8%12.5%  122.5%
2016-201728.8%42.4%57.9%  47.2%
2017-201851.6%37.8%19.0%  26.7%
2018-2019-11.8%6.6%-2.2%  155.9%
Since 201461.5%131.0%113.3%  113.0%
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