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Ames, Iowa vs. Hot Springs Village, Arkansas

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Health
  27.4% lower in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAHot Springs Village, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.272.7100  53.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAHot Springs Village, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5100.2100  3.8%
Heart Failure95.1103.6100  8.9%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6123.3100  29.0%
Pneumonia93.5113.8100  21.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAHot Springs Village, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,120$23,281  3.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,643$16,237  8.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$27,304$22,499  29.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$19,137$17,007  21.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAHot Springs Village, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-3.1%3.1%  166.0%
2015-201613.2%4.6%12.5%  65.2%
2016-201726.3%-5.7%57.9%  121.7%
2017-201888.1%29.5%19.0%  66.5%
2018-20196.9%3.8%-2.2%  44.9%
Since 2014201.2%28.6%113.3%  85.8%
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