Ames, Iowa vs. Bangor, Maine

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Health
  17.0% lower in Bangor, Maine
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IABangor, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2113.2100  28.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IABangor, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.592.1100  4.6%
Heart Failure95.192.4100  2.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6101.1100  5.8%
Pneumonia93.599100  5.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IABangor, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,247$23,281  4.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$14,846$16,237  2.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$22,377$22,499  5.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,647$17,007  5.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IABangor, MEU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.2%3.1%  125.5%
2015-201613.2%4.4%12.5%  66.7%
2016-201726.3%14.9%57.9%  43.3%
2017-201888.1%52.7%19.0%  40.2%
2018-20196.9%-7.5%-2.2%  208.7%
Since 2014201.2%67.4%113.3%  66.5%
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