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Ames, Iowa vs. Bismarck, North Dakota

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Health
  33.3% lower in Bismarck, North Dakota
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IABismarck, NDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.275.8100  51.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IABismarck, NDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.594100  2.6%
Heart Failure95.196100  0.9%
Hip Knee Replacement95.685.6100  10.5%
Pneumonia93.5100.5100  7.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IABismarck, NDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,699$23,281  2.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,422$16,237  0.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$18,950$22,499  10.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,908$17,007  7.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IABismarck, NDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%6.7%3.1%  42.6%
2015-201613.2%8.9%12.5%  32.6%
2016-201726.3%6.7%57.9%  74.5%
2017-201888.1%7.1%19.0%  91.9%
2018-20196.9%21.2%-2.2%  207.2%
Since 2014201.2%60.9%113.3%  69.7%
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