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Ames, Iowa vs. Bethel Park, Pennsylvania

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Health
  32.1% lower in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IABethel Park, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.263.9100  59.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IABethel Park, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5104.1100  7.9%
Heart Failure95.1110.4100  16.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6106.4100  11.3%
Pneumonia93.5113.7100  21.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IABethel Park, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$24,010$23,281  7.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,732$16,237  16.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,548$22,499  11.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$19,117$17,007  21.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IABethel Park, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.7%3.1%  136.2%
2015-201613.2%10.6%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%52.3%57.9%  98.9%
2017-201888.1%45.2%19.0%  48.7%
2018-20196.9%-15.8%-2.2%  329.0%
Since 2014201.2%102.5%113.3%  49.1%
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