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Ames, Iowa vs. Las Cruces, New Mexico

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Health
  31.2% lower in Las Cruces, New Mexico
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IALas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.271.6100  54.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IALas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.599.7100  3.3%
Heart Failure95.1102.6100  7.9%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6103.4100  8.2%
Pneumonia93.5104100  11.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IALas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,999$23,281  3.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,485$16,237  7.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$22,887$22,499  8.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,496$17,007  11.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IALas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-12.4%3.1%  363.8%
2015-201613.2%7.1%12.5%  46.2%
2016-201726.3%28.8%57.9%  9.5%
2017-201888.1%51.6%19.0%  41.4%
2018-20196.9%-11.8%-2.2%  271.0%
Since 2014201.2%61.5%113.3%  69.4%
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