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Ames, Iowa vs. Cape Girardeau, Missouri

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Health
  10.5% lower in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IACape Girardeau, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2128.6100  18.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IACape Girardeau, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5103.9100  7.7%
Heart Failure95.194.4100  0.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.693100  2.7%
Pneumonia93.597.6100  4.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IACape Girardeau, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,967$23,281  7.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,162$16,237  0.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,593$22,499  2.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,405$17,007  4.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IACape Girardeau, MOU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.0%3.1%  121.3%
2015-201613.2%10.6%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%18.5%57.9%  29.7%
2017-201888.1%42.2%19.0%  52.1%
2018-20196.9%-5.7%-2.2%  182.6%
Since 2014201.2%73.9%113.3%  63.3%
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