Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania vs. Sparks, Nevada

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Health
  6.9% lower in Sparks, Nevada
than in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Wilkes-Barre, PASparks, NVU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium92.392.1100  0.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wilkes-Barre, PASparks, NVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94.392100  2.4%
Heart Failure98.897.8100  1.0%
Hip Knee Replacement119.785.7100  28.4%
Pneumonia104.598.3100  5.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wilkes-Barre, PASparks, NVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,758$21,222$23,281  2.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,881$15,710$16,237  1.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$26,495$18,965$22,499  28.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,574$16,528$17,007  6.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wilkes-Barre, PASparks, NVU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.7%-0.7%3.1%  58.8%
2015-201610.6%7.9%12.5%  25.5%
2016-201752.3%5.6%57.9%  89.3%
2017-201845.2%43.0%19.0%  4.9%
2018-2019-15.8%-5.1%-2.2%  67.7%
Since 2014102.5%53.6%113.3%  47.7%
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