Ames, Iowa vs. Seattle, Washington

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Health
  32.5% lower in Seattle, Washington
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IASeattle, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.272.9100  53.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IASeattle, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.598.6100  2.2%
Heart Failure95.198.3100  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement95.694.2100  1.5%
Pneumonia93.5101.6100  8.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IASeattle, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,748$23,281  2.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,802$16,237  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,849$22,499  1.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,076$17,007  8.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IASeattle, WAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-17.9%3.1%  480.9%
2015-201613.2%5.6%12.5%  57.6%
2016-201726.3%-1.6%57.9%  106.1%
2017-201888.1%38.3%19.0%  56.5%
2018-20196.9%13.4%-2.2%  94.2%
Since 2014201.2%33.7%113.3%  83.3%
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