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Health
2.7% higher in Wheeling, West Virginia
than in Santa Barbara, California

Insurance cost

	Santa Barbara, CA	Wheeling, WV	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	97.3	89.4	100	8.1%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Santa Barbara, CA	Wheeling, WV	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	97	103.8	100	7.0%
Heart Failure	94	102.5	100	9.0%
Hip Knee Replacement	94	113.7	100	21.0%
Pneumonia	93.5	110.9	100	18.6%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Santa Barbara, CA	Wheeling, WV	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$22,384	$23,953	$23,281	7.0%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,107	$16,467	$16,237	9.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$20,809	$25,170	$22,499	21.0%
Pneumonia Hospital	$15,730	$18,640	$17,007	18.5%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Santa Barbara, CA	Wheeling, WV	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	4.0%	2.8%	3.1%	30.0%
2015-2016	0.0%	24.2%	12.5%	∞%
2016-2017	9.3%	31.5%	57.9%	238.7%
2017-2018	26.1%	15.5%	19.0%	40.6%
2018-2019	1.2%	9.4%	-2.2%	683.3%
Since 2014	45.0%	112.1%	113.3%	149.1%

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