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Ames, Iowa vs. Butte, Montana

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Health
  16.2% lower in Butte, Montana
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAButte, MTU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2113.4100  27.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAButte, MTU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.596.7100  0.2%
Heart Failure95.194.4100  0.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6104.9100  9.7%
Pneumonia93.592.6100  1.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAButte, MTU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,310$23,281  0.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,167$16,237  0.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,233$22,499  9.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,565$17,007  1.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAButte, MTU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-5.5%3.1%  217.0%
2015-201613.2%34.7%12.5%  162.9%
2016-201726.3%44.4%57.9%  68.8%
2017-201888.1%12.9%19.0%  85.4%
2018-20196.9%6.9%-2.2%  0.0%
Since 2014201.2%121.7%113.3%  39.5%
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