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Waxhaw, North Carolina vs. Santa Maria, California

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Health
  6.5% lower in Santa Maria, California
than in Waxhaw, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Waxhaw, NCSanta Maria, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium102.997.3100  5.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Waxhaw, NCSanta Maria, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.797100  1.4%
Heart Failure100.194100  6.1%
Hip Knee Replacement110.294100  14.7%
Pneumonia104.593.5100  10.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Waxhaw, NCSanta Maria, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,085$22,384$23,281  1.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,090$15,107$16,237  6.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,395$20,809$22,499  14.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,569$15,730$17,007  10.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Waxhaw, NCSanta Maria, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%4.0%3.1%  33.3%
2015-201623.1%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201739.6%9.3%57.9%  76.5%
2017-201815.5%26.1%19.0%  68.4%
2018-2019-1.4%1.2%-2.2%  185.7%
Since 2014107.4%45.0%113.3%  58.1%
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