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Ames, Iowa vs. Belfast, Maine

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  15.9% lower in Belfast, Maine
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IABelfast, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2102.9100  34.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IABelfast, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.598.3100  1.9%
Heart Failure95.1106.6100  12.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6128.5100  34.4%
Pneumonia93.596.3100  3.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IABelfast, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,680$23,281  1.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,122$16,237  12.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$28,449$22,499  34.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,192$17,007  3.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IABelfast, 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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