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Ames, Iowa vs. Albany, Oregon

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Health
  30.2% lower in Albany, Oregon
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAAlbany, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.285.8100  45.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAAlbany, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.595.3100  1.2%
Heart Failure95.194.2100  0.9%
Hip Knee Replacement95.683.7100  12.4%
Pneumonia93.591.9100  1.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAAlbany, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,982$23,281  1.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,140$16,237  0.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$18,521$22,499  12.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,449$17,007  1.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAAlbany, ORU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%2.8%3.1%  40.4%
2015-201613.2%22.9%12.5%  73.5%
2016-201726.3%27.0%57.9%  2.7%
2017-201888.1%19.0%19.0%  78.4%
2018-20196.9%7.0%-2.2%  1.4%
Since 2014201.2%104.1%113.3%  48.3%
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