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Sterling, Alaska vs. Box Elder, South Dakota

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Health
  0.6% lower in Box Elder, South Dakota
than in Sterling, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Sterling, AKBox Elder, SDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.2128.2100  7.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Sterling, AKBox Elder, SDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.5102.6100  1.1%
Heart Failure86.6100.3100  15.8%
Hip Knee Replacement89.9101.6100  13.0%
Pneumonia88.6100.4100  13.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Sterling, AKBox Elder, SDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$23,670$23,281  1.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,922$16,115$16,237  15.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,910$22,498$22,499  13.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,895$16,888$17,007  13.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Sterling, AKBox Elder, SDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-7.7%3.1%  152.7%
2015-201647.3%24.6%12.5%  48.0%
2016-201728.8%38.6%57.9%  34.0%
2017-2018-21.6%14.3%19.0%  166.2%
2018-2019-3.3%6.9%-2.2%  309.1%
Since 201464.8%94.8%113.3%  46.3%
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