Walnut Creek, California vs. Houston, Texas

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Health
  15.5% lower in Houston, Texas
than in Walnut Creek, California
   Insurance cost
Walnut Creek, CAHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium119.275.4100  36.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Walnut Creek, CAHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.4106.5100  4.0%
Heart Failure99.2112.9100  13.8%
Hip Knee Replacement97.8103.2100  5.5%
Pneumonia97.3124.1100  27.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Walnut Creek, CAHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,620$24,565$23,281  4.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,947$18,146$16,237  13.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,653$22,855$22,499  5.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,362$20,870$17,007  27.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Walnut Creek, CAHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%3.2%3.1%  20.0%
2015-20160.0%5.1%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%19.0%57.9%  104.3%
2017-201826.1%35.6%19.0%  36.4%
2018-20191.2%2.3%-2.2%  91.7%
Since 201445.0%79.0%113.3%  75.6%
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