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Ames, Iowa vs. Mason City, Iowa

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Health
  2.8% higher in Mason City, Iowa
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAMason City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2160.1100  1.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAMason City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.597.6100  1.1%
Heart Failure95.1113.6100  19.5%
Hip Knee Replacement95.694.2100  1.5%
Pneumonia93.599.6100  6.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAMason City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,519$23,281  1.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$18,256$16,237  19.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,857$22,499  1.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,750$17,007  6.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAMason City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.7%3.1%  0.0%
2015-201613.2%13.2%12.5%  0.0%
2016-201726.3%26.3%57.9%  0.0%
2017-201888.1%88.1%19.0%  0.0%
2018-20196.9%6.9%-2.2%  0.0%
Since 2014201.2%201.2%113.3%  0.0%
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