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Ames, Iowa vs. Columbia, Maryland

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Health
  27.0% lower in Columbia, Maryland
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.280.4100  48.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5108.4100  12.3%
Heart Failure95.199.5100  4.6%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6104100  8.8%
Pneumonia93.599.3100  6.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$25,017$23,281  12.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,988$16,237  4.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,023$22,499  8.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,698$17,007  6.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%15.9%3.1%  238.3%
2015-201613.2%-0.4%12.5%  103.0%
2016-201726.3%25.2%57.9%  4.2%
2017-201888.1%53.1%19.0%  39.7%
2018-20196.9%-14.0%-2.2%  302.9%
Since 2014201.2%90.5%113.3%  55.0%
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