Queens, New York vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  25.1% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Queens, New York
   Insurance cost
Queens, NYBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.561.8100  45.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Queens, NYBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.4102.9100  6.7%
Heart Failure96.7101.2100  4.7%
Hip Knee Replacement134.7110.4100  18.0%
Pneumonia103102100  1.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Queens, NYBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,244$23,736$23,281  6.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,534$16,264$16,237  4.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$29,821$24,442$22,499  18.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,323$17,153$17,007  1.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Queens, NYBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201510.8%-2.6%3.1%  124.1%
2015-20163.4%-1.5%12.5%  144.1%
2016-201715.5%-2.7%57.9%  117.4%
2017-201811.5%26.4%19.0%  129.6%
2018-201912.5%5.1%-2.2%  59.2%
Since 201465.9%23.9%113.3%  63.7%
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