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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania vs. Newark, New Jersey

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Health
  8.0% lower in Newark, New Jersey
than in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Wilkes-Barre, PANewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium92.366.8100  27.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wilkes-Barre, PANewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94.3107.4100  13.9%
Heart Failure98.8116.2100  17.6%
Hip Knee Replacement119.7122.6100  2.4%
Pneumonia104.5113.5100  8.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wilkes-Barre, PANewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,758$24,789$23,281  13.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,881$18,667$16,237  17.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$26,495$27,141$22,499  2.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,574$19,091$17,007  8.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wilkes-Barre, PANewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.7%-2.2%3.1%  29.4%
2015-201610.6%5.1%12.5%  51.9%
2016-201752.3%4.8%57.9%  90.8%
2017-201845.2%18.7%19.0%  58.6%
2018-2019-15.8%-14.8%-2.2%  6.3%
Since 2014102.5%9.0%113.3%  91.2%
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