Shreveport, Louisiana vs. Charleston, South Carolina

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Health
  7.4% higher in Charleston, South Carolina
than in Shreveport, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Shreveport, LACharleston, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium82.396100  16.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Shreveport, LACharleston, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack92.7104.5100  12.7%
Heart Failure103.1104.2100  1.1%
Hip Knee Replacement106.693.4100  12.4%
Pneumonia100101.4100  1.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Shreveport, LACharleston, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,390$24,122$23,281  12.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,568$16,748$16,237  1.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,593$20,687$22,499  12.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,810$17,046$17,007  1.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Shreveport, LACharleston, SCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%0.0%3.1%  100.0%
2015-20168.6%11.1%12.5%  29.1%
2016-201717.0%28.2%57.9%  65.9%
2017-201814.8%34.7%19.0%  134.5%
2018-2019-4.2%6.2%-2.2%  247.6%
Since 201447.4%103.7%113.3%  118.8%
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