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Ames, Iowa vs. Gaithersburg, Maryland

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Health
  26.7% lower in Gaithersburg, Maryland
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAGaithersburg, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.280.4100  48.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAGaithersburg, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.597.9100  1.5%
Heart Failure95.1106.1100  11.6%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6111.2100  16.3%
Pneumonia93.5104.1100  11.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAGaithersburg, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,581$23,281  1.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,050$16,237  11.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$24,614$22,499  16.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,505$17,007  11.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAGaithersburg, 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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