Sterling, Alaska vs. Bucksport, Maine

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Health
  2.2% higher in Bucksport, Maine
than in Sterling, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Sterling, AKBucksport, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.2137.6100  0.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Sterling, AKBucksport, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.588.5100  12.8%
Heart Failure86.6104.7100  20.9%
Hip Knee Replacement89.9103.5100  15.1%
Pneumonia88.6103.4100  16.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Sterling, AKBucksport, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$20,430$23,281  12.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,922$16,818$16,237  20.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,910$22,921$22,499  15.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,895$17,379$17,007  16.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Sterling, AKBucksport, MEU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-1.2%3.1%  108.2%
2015-201647.3%4.4%12.5%  90.7%
2016-201728.8%14.9%57.9%  48.3%
2017-2018-21.6%52.7%19.0%  344.0%
2018-2019-3.3%-7.5%-2.2%  127.3%
Since 201464.8%67.4%113.3%  4.0%
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