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Ames, Iowa vs. San Francisco, California

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Health
  20.6% lower in San Francisco, California
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IASan Francisco, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2104.8100  33.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IASan Francisco, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.597.2100  0.7%
Heart Failure95.194.8100  0.3%
Hip Knee Replacement95.696.4100  0.8%
Pneumonia93.592.7100  0.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IASan Francisco, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,430$23,281  0.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,231$16,237  0.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,341$22,499  0.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,593$17,007  0.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IASan Francisco, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.0%3.1%  14.9%
2015-201613.2%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201726.3%9.3%57.9%  64.6%
2017-201888.1%26.1%19.0%  70.4%
2018-20196.9%1.2%-2.2%  82.6%
Since 2014201.2%45.0%113.3%  77.6%
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