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Ames, Iowa vs. Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota

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Health
  39.1% lower in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAInver Grove Heights, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.257.6100  63.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAInver Grove Heights, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.595.1100  1.5%
Heart Failure95.1101.1100  6.3%
Hip Knee Replacement95.694.6100  1.0%
Pneumonia93.597.1100  3.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAInver Grove Heights, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,954$23,281  1.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,243$16,237  6.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,935$22,499  1.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,334$17,007  3.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAInver Grove Heights, MNU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%42.3%3.1%  800.0%
2015-201613.2%0.4%12.5%  97.0%
2016-201726.3%58.5%57.9%  122.4%
2017-201888.1%-6.6%19.0%  107.5%
2018-20196.9%-15.3%-2.2%  321.7%
Since 2014201.2%79.1%113.3%  60.7%
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