Reading, Pennsylvania vs. Houston, Texas

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Health
  12.8% lower in Houston, Texas
than in Reading, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Reading, PAHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium114.675.4100  34.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Reading, PAHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95106.5100  12.1%
Heart Failure101.1112.9100  11.7%
Hip Knee Replacement96.5103.2100  6.9%
Pneumonia100.4124.1100  23.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Reading, PAHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,911$24,565$23,281  12.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,247$18,146$16,237  11.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,368$22,855$22,499  7.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,879$20,870$17,007  23.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Reading, PAHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.7%3.2%3.1%  288.2%
2015-201610.6%5.1%12.5%  51.9%
2016-201752.3%19.0%57.9%  63.7%
2017-201845.2%35.6%19.0%  21.2%
2018-2019-15.8%2.3%-2.2%  114.6%
Since 2014102.5%79.0%113.3%  22.9%
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