Scranton, Pennsylvania vs. Pittsburg, Kansas

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Health
  1.9% lower in Pittsburg, Kansas
than in Scranton, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Scranton, PAPittsburg, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium92.397.1100  5.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Scranton, PAPittsburg, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack105104100  1.0%
Heart Failure114.9102.9100  10.4%
Hip Knee Replacement120.8111.9100  7.4%
Pneumonia112.192.7100  17.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Scranton, PAPittsburg, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,229$23,994$23,281  1.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$18,464$16,528$16,237  10.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$26,753$24,783$22,499  7.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,849$15,596$17,007  17.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Scranton, PAPittsburg, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.7%-4.6%3.1%  170.6%
2015-201610.6%15.8%12.5%  49.1%
2016-201752.3%42.4%57.9%  18.9%
2017-201845.2%37.8%19.0%  16.4%
2018-2019-15.8%6.6%-2.2%  141.8%
Since 2014102.5%131.0%113.3%  27.8%
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      State average
Cost of Taxes