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Ames, Iowa vs. Des Plaines, Illinois

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Health
  28.3% lower in Des Plaines, Illinois
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IADes Plaines, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.273.7100  53.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IADes Plaines, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5103.1100  6.8%
Heart Failure95.1104.1100  9.5%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6112.3100  17.5%
Pneumonia93.5110.4100  18.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IADes Plaines, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,800$23,281  6.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,722$16,237  9.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$24,870$22,499  17.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,557$17,007  18.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IADes Plaines, ILU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.1%3.1%  34.0%
2015-201613.2%9.0%12.5%  31.8%
2016-201726.3%38.0%57.9%  44.5%
2017-201888.1%38.1%19.0%  56.8%
2018-20196.9%-1.6%-2.2%  123.2%
Since 2014201.2%110.6%113.3%  45.0%
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