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Ames, Iowa vs. Pendleton, South Carolina

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Health
  10.5% lower in Pendleton, South Carolina
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAPendleton, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2117.1100  25.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAPendleton, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.597.1100  0.6%
Heart Failure95.1110.7100  16.4%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6117.9100  23.3%
Pneumonia93.5113.4100  21.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAPendleton, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,409$23,281  0.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,790$16,237  16.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$26,100$22,499  23.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$19,074$17,007  21.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAPendleton, SCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%0.0%3.1%  100.0%
2015-201613.2%11.1%12.5%  15.9%
2016-201726.3%28.2%57.9%  7.2%
2017-201888.1%34.7%19.0%  60.6%
2018-20196.9%6.2%-2.2%  10.1%
Since 2014201.2%103.7%113.3%  48.5%
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