Sioux Falls, South Dakota vs. Fairbanks, Alaska

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Health
  23.7% higher in Fairbanks, Alaska
than in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
   Insurance cost
Sioux Falls, SDFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium86138.2100  60.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Sioux Falls, SDFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101108.3100  7.2%
Heart Failure99.677.7100  22.0%
Hip Knee Replacement89.277.1100  13.6%
Pneumonia102.681.4100  20.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Sioux Falls, SDFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,300$24,985$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,004$12,490$16,237  22.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,741$17,067$22,499  13.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,259$13,690$17,007  20.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Sioux Falls, SDFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-7.7%14.6%3.1%  289.6%
2015-201624.6%47.3%12.5%  92.3%
2016-201738.6%28.8%57.9%  25.4%
2017-201814.3%-21.6%19.0%  251.0%
2018-20196.9%-3.3%-2.2%  147.8%
Since 201494.8%64.8%113.3%  31.6%
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