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Ames, Iowa vs. Prescott, Arizona

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Health
  8.9% lower in Prescott, Arizona
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAPrescott, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2130.5100  17.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAPrescott, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5100.7100  4.4%
Heart Failure95.1105.4100  10.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.695100  0.6%
Pneumonia93.5101.7100  8.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAPrescott, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,229$23,281  4.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,940$16,237  10.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,031$22,499  0.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,107$17,007  8.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAPrescott, AZU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-3.0%3.1%  163.8%
2015-201613.2%21.9%12.5%  65.9%
2016-201726.3%115.5%57.9%  339.2%
2017-201888.1%0.2%19.0%  99.8%
2018-20196.9%-8.7%-2.2%  226.1%
Since 2014201.2%133.2%113.3%  33.8%
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