Ames, Iowa vs. Edmond, Oklahoma

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Health
  7.2% lower in Edmond, Oklahoma
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAEdmond, OKU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2131.7100  16.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAEdmond, OKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5100.8100  4.5%
Heart Failure95.199.3100  4.4%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6105.3100  10.1%
Pneumonia93.5105.2100  12.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAEdmond, OKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,270$23,281  4.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,955$16,237  4.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,316$22,499  10.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,692$17,007  12.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAEdmond, OKU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%6.1%3.1%  29.8%
2015-201613.2%35.4%12.5%  168.2%
2016-201726.3%69.3%57.9%  163.5%
2017-201888.1%27.2%19.0%  69.1%
2018-20196.9%5.6%-2.2%  18.8%
Since 2014201.2%226.8%113.3%  12.7%
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