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Health
  0.9% lower in Houston, Texas
than in Raleigh, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Raleigh, NCHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium90.275.4100  16.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Raleigh, NCHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.9106.5100  11.1%
Heart Failure96.2112.9100  17.4%
Hip Knee Replacement95.8103.2100  7.7%
Pneumonia97.8124.1100  26.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Raleigh, NCHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,134$24,565$23,281  11.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,457$18,146$16,237  17.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,203$22,855$22,499  7.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,453$20,870$17,007  26.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Raleigh, NCHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%3.2%3.1%  46.7%
2015-201623.1%5.1%12.5%  77.9%
2016-201739.6%19.0%57.9%  52.0%
2017-201815.5%35.6%19.0%  129.7%
2018-2019-1.4%2.3%-2.2%  264.3%
Since 2014107.4%79.0%113.3%  26.4%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes