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Ames, Iowa vs. St. Louis, Missouri

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Health
  29.8% lower in St. Louis, Missouri
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IASt. Louis, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.280.8100  48.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IASt. Louis, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.598.8100  2.4%
Heart Failure95.1107100  12.5%
Hip Knee Replacement95.684.7100  11.4%
Pneumonia93.5106.1100  13.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IASt. Louis, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,801$23,281  2.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,199$16,237  12.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$18,758$22,499  11.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,843$17,007  13.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IASt. Louis, MOU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.0%3.1%  121.3%
2015-201613.2%10.6%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%18.5%57.9%  29.7%
2017-201888.1%42.2%19.0%  52.1%
2018-20196.9%-5.7%-2.2%  182.6%
Since 2014201.2%73.9%113.3%  63.3%
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