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Ames, Iowa vs. Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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  12.0% lower in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IALancaster, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2116.3100  26.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IALancaster, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5111.9100  16.0%
Heart Failure95.1108100  13.6%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6102.5100  7.2%
Pneumonia93.599.6100  6.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IALancaster, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$25,813$23,281  15.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,352$16,237  13.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$22,688$22,499  7.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,754$17,007  6.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IALancaster, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.7%3.1%  136.2%
2015-201613.2%10.6%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%52.3%57.9%  98.9%
2017-201888.1%45.2%19.0%  48.7%
2018-20196.9%-15.8%-2.2%  329.0%
Since 2014201.2%102.5%113.3%  49.1%
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