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Ames, Iowa vs. Eldersburg, Maryland

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Health
  29.5% lower in Eldersburg, Maryland
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAEldersburg, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.280.4100  48.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAEldersburg, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5108.5100  12.4%
Heart Failure95.1105.3100  10.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.684.1100  12.0%
Pneumonia93.595100  1.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAEldersburg, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$25,046$23,281  12.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,921$16,237  10.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$18,610$22,499  12.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,971$17,007  1.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAEldersburg, 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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