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Ames, Iowa vs. Idaho Falls, Idaho

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Health
  21.6% lower in Idaho Falls, Idaho
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAIdaho Falls, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.299.8100  36.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAIdaho Falls, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5100.2100  3.8%
Heart Failure95.197.7100  2.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.697.8100  2.3%
Pneumonia93.595.5100  2.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAIdaho Falls, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,113$23,281  3.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,700$16,237  2.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,657$22,499  2.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,053$17,007  2.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAIdaho Falls, IDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%19.6%3.1%  317.0%
2015-201613.2%1.1%12.5%  91.7%
2016-201726.3%25.0%57.9%  4.9%
2017-201888.1%34.6%19.0%  60.7%
2018-20196.9%4.2%-2.2%  39.1%
Since 2014201.2%111.9%113.3%  44.4%
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