Topeka, Kansas vs. Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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Health
  0.8% lower in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
than in Topeka, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Topeka, KSTuscaloosa, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium104.299.8100  4.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Topeka, KSTuscaloosa, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.8100.7100  5.7%
Heart Failure108101.8100  5.7%
Hip Knee Replacement90.6112.5100  24.2%
Pneumonia108.298.8100  8.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Topeka, KSTuscaloosa, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,653$23,240$23,281  5.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,357$16,352$16,237  5.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,066$24,909$22,499  24.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,197$16,608$17,007  8.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Topeka, KSTuscaloosa, ALU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%3.1%3.1%  167.4%
2015-201615.8%12.5%12.5%  20.9%
2016-201742.4%57.9%57.9%  36.6%
2017-201837.8%19.0%19.0%  49.7%
2018-20196.6%-2.2%-2.2%  133.3%
Since 2014131.0%113.3%113.3%  13.5%
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