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Ames, Iowa vs. Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

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Health
  28.2% lower in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAPrairie du Chien, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.280.2100  49.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAPrairie du Chien, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5100.4100  4.0%
Heart Failure95.1100.7100  5.9%
Hip Knee Replacement95.699.6100  4.2%
Pneumonia93.5106.5100  13.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAPrairie du Chien, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,162$23,281  4.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,179$16,237  5.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$22,049$22,499  4.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,905$17,007  13.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAPrairie du Chien, WIU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%2.7%3.1%  42.6%
2015-201613.2%4.2%12.5%  68.2%
2016-201726.3%15.4%57.9%  41.4%
2017-201888.1%54.6%19.0%  38.0%
2018-20196.9%-5.6%-2.2%  181.2%
Since 2014201.2%80.2%113.3%  60.1%
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