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Ames, Iowa vs. Marshalltown, Iowa

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Health
  2.9% lower in Marshalltown, Iowa
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAMarshalltown, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2147.8100  6.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAMarshalltown, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5102.4100  6.1%
Heart Failure95.1103.4100  8.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.688.1100  7.8%
Pneumonia93.5101100  8.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAMarshalltown, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,626$23,281  6.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,608$16,237  8.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$19,495$22,499  7.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,992$17,007  8.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAMarshalltown, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.7%3.1%  0.0%
2015-201613.2%13.2%12.5%  0.0%
2016-201726.3%26.3%57.9%  0.0%
2017-201888.1%88.1%19.0%  0.0%
2018-20196.9%6.9%-2.2%  0.0%
Since 2014201.2%201.2%113.3%  0.0%
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