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Queens, New York vs. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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Health
  11.3% lower in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
than in Queens, New York
   Insurance cost
Queens, NYWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.592.3100  18.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Queens, NYWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.494.3100  2.2%
Heart Failure96.798.8100  2.2%
Hip Knee Replacement134.7119.7100  11.1%
Pneumonia103104.5100  1.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Queens, NYWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,244$21,758$23,281  2.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,534$15,881$16,237  2.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$29,821$26,495$22,499  11.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,323$17,574$17,007  1.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Queens, NYWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201510.8%-1.7%3.1%  115.7%
2015-20163.4%10.6%12.5%  211.8%
2016-201715.5%52.3%57.9%  237.4%
2017-201811.5%45.2%19.0%  293.0%
2018-201912.5%-15.8%-2.2%  226.4%
Since 201465.9%102.5%113.3%  55.5%
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