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10.6% higher in Columbia, Maryland
than in Wakefield, Massachusetts

Insurance cost

	Wakefield, MA	Columbia, MD	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	63.3	80.4	100	27.0%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Wakefield, MA	Columbia, MD	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	102.6	108.4	100	5.7%
Heart Failure	103	99.5	100	3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement	106.3	104	100	2.2%
Pneumonia	100.7	99.3	100	1.4%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Wakefield, MA	Columbia, MD	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$23,684	$25,017	$23,281	5.6%
Heart Failure Hospital	$16,555	$15,988	$16,237	3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$23,539	$23,023	$22,499	2.2%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,933	$16,698	$17,007	1.4%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Wakefield, MA	Columbia, MD	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	-2.6%	15.9%	3.1%	711.5%
2015-2016	-1.5%	-0.4%	12.5%	73.3%
2016-2017	-2.7%	25.2%	57.9%	1,033.3%
2017-2018	26.4%	53.1%	19.0%	101.1%
2018-2019	5.1%	-14.0%	-2.2%	374.5%
Since 2014	23.9%	90.5%	113.3%	278.7%

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