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Ames, Iowa vs. Apache Junction, Arizona

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Health
  16.1% lower in Apache Junction, Arizona
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAApache Junction, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2108.4100  31.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAApache Junction, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5102100  5.7%
Heart Failure95.195.7100  0.6%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6108.9100  13.9%
Pneumonia93.5104.2100  11.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAApache Junction, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,538$23,281  5.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,370$16,237  0.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$24,121$22,499  14.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,524$17,007  11.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAApache Junction, AZU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-3.0%3.1%  163.8%
2015-201613.2%21.9%12.5%  65.9%
2016-201726.3%115.5%57.9%  339.2%
2017-201888.1%0.2%19.0%  99.8%
2018-20196.9%-8.7%-2.2%  226.1%
Since 2014201.2%133.2%113.3%  33.8%
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