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Ames, Iowa vs. Manhattan, Kansas

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Health
  21.1% lower in Manhattan, Kansas
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAManhattan, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2101.5100  35.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAManhattan, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.591.1100  5.6%
Heart Failure95.1109.4100  15.0%
Hip Knee Replacement95.696.3100  0.7%
Pneumonia93.5101.5100  8.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAManhattan, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,033$23,281  5.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,584$16,237  15.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,329$22,499  0.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,067$17,007  8.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAManhattan, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-4.6%3.1%  197.9%
2015-201613.2%15.8%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%42.4%57.9%  61.2%
2017-201888.1%37.8%19.0%  57.1%
2018-20196.9%6.6%-2.2%  4.3%
Since 2014201.2%131.0%113.3%  34.9%
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