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Baxter, Minnesota vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  64.9% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Baxter, Minnesota
   Insurance cost
Baxter, MNAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium61.4157.2100  156.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Baxter, MNAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack91.696.5100  5.3%
Heart Failure9895.1100  3.0%
Hip Knee Replacement86.395.6100  10.8%
Pneumonia97.493.5100  4.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Baxter, MNAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,136$22,271$23,281  5.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,751$15,285$16,237  3.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,105$21,156$22,499  10.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,379$15,715$17,007  4.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Baxter, MNAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201542.3%4.7%3.1%  88.9%
2015-20160.4%13.2%12.5%  3,200.0%
2016-201758.5%26.3%57.9%  55.0%
2017-2018-6.6%88.1%19.0%  1,434.8%
2018-2019-15.3%6.9%-2.2%  145.1%
Since 201479.1%201.2%113.3%  154.4%
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