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Ames, Iowa vs. Wenatchee, Washington

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Health
  32.1% lower in Wenatchee, Washington
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAWenatchee, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.276.2100  51.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAWenatchee, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.596100  0.5%
Heart Failure95.1100.9100  6.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.684.1100  12.0%
Pneumonia93.5110.8100  18.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAWenatchee, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,156$23,281  0.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,209$16,237  6.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$18,629$22,499  11.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,633$17,007  18.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAWenatchee, WAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-17.9%3.1%  480.9%
2015-201613.2%5.6%12.5%  57.6%
2016-201726.3%-1.6%57.9%  106.1%
2017-201888.1%38.3%19.0%  56.5%
2018-20196.9%13.4%-2.2%  94.2%
Since 2014201.2%33.7%113.3%  83.3%
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