Shreveport, Louisiana vs. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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Health
  8.2% higher in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
than in Shreveport, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Shreveport, LAWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium82.392.3100  12.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Shreveport, LAWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack92.794.3100  1.7%
Heart Failure103.198.8100  4.2%
Hip Knee Replacement106.6119.7100  12.3%
Pneumonia100104.5100  4.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Shreveport, LAWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,390$21,758$23,281  1.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,568$15,881$16,237  4.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,593$26,495$22,499  12.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,810$17,574$17,007  4.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Shreveport, LAWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%-1.7%3.1%  130.9%
2015-20168.6%10.6%12.5%  23.3%
2016-201717.0%52.3%57.9%  207.6%
2017-201814.8%45.2%19.0%  205.4%
2018-2019-4.2%-15.8%-2.2%  276.2%
Since 201447.4%102.5%113.3%  116.2%
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