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Ames, Iowa vs. Topeka, Kansas

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Health
  18.4% lower in Topeka, Kansas
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2104.2100  33.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5106.8100  10.7%
Heart Failure95.1108100  13.6%
Hip Knee Replacement95.690.6100  5.2%
Pneumonia93.5108.2100  15.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$24,653$23,281  10.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,357$16,237  13.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,066$22,499  5.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,197$17,007  15.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-4.6%3.1%  197.9%
2015-201613.2%15.8%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%42.4%57.9%  61.2%
2017-201888.1%37.8%19.0%  57.1%
2018-20196.9%6.6%-2.2%  4.3%
Since 2014201.2%131.0%113.3%  34.9%
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