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Ames, Iowa vs. Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Health
  23.1% lower in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IABaton Rouge, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.289.3100  43.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IABaton Rouge, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.598.9100  2.5%
Heart Failure95.199.7100  4.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6115.5100  20.8%
Pneumonia93.5100.3100  7.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IABaton Rouge, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,822$23,281  2.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,012$16,237  4.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$25,580$22,499  20.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,870$17,007  7.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IABaton Rouge, LAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%5.5%3.1%  17.0%
2015-201613.2%8.6%12.5%  34.8%
2016-201726.3%17.0%57.9%  35.4%
2017-201888.1%14.8%19.0%  83.2%
2018-20196.9%-4.2%-2.2%  160.9%
Since 2014201.2%47.4%113.3%  76.4%
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