Poway, California vs. Columbia, Maryland

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Health
  3.6% higher in Columbia, Maryland
than in Poway, California
   Insurance cost
Poway, CAColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium75.880.4100  6.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Poway, CAColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.3108.4100  7.0%
Heart Failure104.999.5100  5.1%
Hip Knee Replacement98.7104100  5.4%
Pneumonia107.799.3100  7.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Poway, CAColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,382$25,017$23,281  7.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,851$15,988$16,237  5.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,845$23,023$22,499  5.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,114$16,698$17,007  7.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Poway, CAColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%15.9%3.1%  297.5%
2015-20160.0%-0.4%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%25.2%57.9%  171.0%
2017-201826.1%53.1%19.0%  103.4%
2018-20191.2%-14.0%-2.2%  1,266.7%
Since 201445.0%90.5%113.3%  101.1%
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