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Ames, Iowa vs. Excelsior Springs, Missouri

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Health
  23.0% lower in Excelsior Springs, Missouri
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAExcelsior Springs, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.290100  42.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAExcelsior Springs, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.599.8100  3.4%
Heart Failure95.196.8100  1.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6110.6100  15.7%
Pneumonia93.5110.1100  17.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAExcelsior Springs, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,038$23,281  3.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,549$16,237  1.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$24,489$22,499  15.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,506$17,007  17.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAExcelsior Springs, MOU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.0%3.1%  121.3%
2015-201613.2%10.6%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%18.5%57.9%  29.7%
2017-201888.1%42.2%19.0%  52.1%
2018-20196.9%-5.7%-2.2%  182.6%
Since 2014201.2%73.9%113.3%  63.3%
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