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0.7% lower in Port Townsend, Washington
than in St. James, Minnesota

Insurance cost

	St. James, MN	Port Townsend, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	73.7	67	100	9.1%

Procedure & surgery cost

	St. James, MN	Port Townsend, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	98.7	99.5	100	0.8%
Heart Failure	97.7	99.5	100	1.8%
Hip Knee Replacement	97.2	111.7	100	14.9%
Pneumonia	96.5	97.1	100	0.6%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	St. James, MN	Port Townsend, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$22,780	$22,961	$23,281	0.8%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,694	$15,980	$16,237	1.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$21,512	$24,727	$22,499	14.9%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,223	$16,329	$17,007	0.7%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	St. James, MN	Port Townsend, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	42.3%	-17.9%	3.1%	142.3%
2015-2016	0.4%	5.6%	12.5%	1,300.0%
2016-2017	58.5%	-1.6%	57.9%	102.7%
2017-2018	-6.6%	38.3%	19.0%	680.3%
2018-2019	-15.3%	13.4%	-2.2%	187.6%
Since 2014	79.1%	33.7%	113.3%	57.4%

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