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Ames, Iowa vs. Downers Grove, Illinois

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Health
  22.3% lower in Downers Grove, Illinois
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IADowners Grove, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.289.4100  43.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IADowners Grove, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5106100  9.8%
Heart Failure95.1106.5100  12.0%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6108.1100  13.1%
Pneumonia93.5106.5100  13.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IADowners Grove, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$24,448$23,281  9.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,108$16,237  11.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,943$22,499  13.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,914$17,007  14.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IADowners Grove, 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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