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27.9% lower in Brainerd, Minnesota
than in Spooner, Wisconsin

Insurance cost

	Spooner, WI	Brainerd, MN	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	115	61.4	100	46.6%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Spooner, WI	Brainerd, MN	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	99.6	91.6	100	8.0%
Heart Failure	93.7	98	100	4.6%
Hip Knee Replacement	96.1	86.3	100	10.2%
Pneumonia	99.1	97.4	100	1.7%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Spooner, WI	Brainerd, MN	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$22,973	$21,136	$23,281	8.0%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,049	$15,751	$16,237	4.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$21,278	$19,105	$22,499	10.2%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,658	$16,379	$17,007	1.7%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Spooner, WI	Brainerd, MN	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	2.7%	42.3%	3.1%	1,466.7%
2015-2016	4.2%	0.4%	12.5%	90.5%
2016-2017	15.4%	58.5%	57.9%	279.9%
2017-2018	54.6%	-6.6%	19.0%	112.1%
2018-2019	-5.6%	-15.3%	-2.2%	173.2%
Since 2014	80.2%	79.1%	113.3%	1.4%

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