Sandpoint, Idaho vs. Anchorage, Alaska

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Health
  17.6% higher in Anchorage, Alaska
than in Sandpoint, Idaho
   Insurance cost
Sandpoint, IDAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium93.5131.5100  40.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Sandpoint, IDAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96102.6100  6.9%
Heart Failure102.791.6100  10.8%
Hip Knee Replacement94.783.3100  12.0%
Pneumonia95.789.3100  6.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Sandpoint, IDAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,156$23,681$23,281  6.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,503$14,719$16,237  10.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,961$18,433$22,499  12.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,090$15,009$17,007  6.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Sandpoint, IDAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201519.6%14.6%3.1%  25.5%
2015-20161.1%47.3%12.5%  4,200.0%
2016-201725.0%28.8%57.9%  15.2%
2017-201834.6%-21.6%19.0%  162.4%
2018-20194.2%-3.3%-2.2%  178.6%
Since 2014111.9%64.8%113.3%  42.1%
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