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Ames, Iowa vs. Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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Health
  24.5% lower in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAOak Ridge, TNU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.294.2100  40.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAOak Ridge, TNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.596.8100  0.3%
Heart Failure95.198.2100  3.3%
Hip Knee Replacement95.694.6100  1.0%
Pneumonia93.598.2100  5.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAOak Ridge, TNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,345$23,281  0.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,773$16,237  3.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,944$22,499  1.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,508$17,007  5.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAOak Ridge, TNU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%18.3%3.1%  289.4%
2015-201613.2%23.2%12.5%  75.8%
2016-201726.3%64.5%57.9%  145.2%
2017-201888.1%57.4%19.0%  34.8%
2018-20196.9%-26.2%-2.2%  479.7%
Since 2014201.2%178.2%113.3%  11.4%
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