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Ames, Iowa vs. Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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Health
  19.1% lower in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IATuscaloosa, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.299.8100  36.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IATuscaloosa, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5100.7100  4.4%
Heart Failure95.1101.8100  7.0%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6112.5100  17.7%
Pneumonia93.598.8100  5.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IATuscaloosa, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,240$23,281  4.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,352$16,237  7.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$24,909$22,499  17.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,608$17,007  5.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IATuscaloosa, ALU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.1%3.1%  34.0%
2015-201613.2%12.5%12.5%  5.3%
2016-201726.3%57.9%57.9%  120.2%
2017-201888.1%19.0%19.0%  78.4%
2018-20196.9%-2.2%-2.2%  131.9%
Since 2014201.2%113.3%113.3%  43.7%
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