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Ames, Iowa vs. Albert Lea, Minnesota

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Health
  26.7% lower in Albert Lea, Minnesota
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAAlbert Lea, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.292.5100  41.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAAlbert Lea, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.589.9100  6.8%
Heart Failure95.194.5100  0.6%
Hip Knee Replacement95.691.5100  4.3%
Pneumonia93.599.3100  6.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAAlbert Lea, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$20,751$23,281  6.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,190$16,237  0.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,257$22,499  4.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,690$17,007  6.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAAlbert Lea, MNU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%42.3%3.1%  800.0%
2015-201613.2%0.4%12.5%  97.0%
2016-201726.3%58.5%57.9%  122.4%
2017-201888.1%-6.6%19.0%  107.5%
2018-20196.9%-15.3%-2.2%  321.7%
Since 2014201.2%79.1%113.3%  60.7%
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