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Health
  18.6% higher in West Des Moines, Iowa
than in Bluffton, South Carolina
   Insurance cost
Bluffton, SCWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium103.1137100  32.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bluffton, SCWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack89.594.1100  5.1%
Heart Failure8295.8100  16.8%
Hip Knee Replacement94.488.5100  6.3%
Pneumonia92.894.7100  2.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bluffton, SCWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$20,655$21,724$23,281  5.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,179$15,395$16,237  16.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,900$19,585$22,499  6.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,599$15,918$17,007  2.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bluffton, SCWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.0%4.7%3.1%  ∞%
2015-201611.1%13.2%12.5%  18.9%
2016-201728.2%26.3%57.9%  6.7%
2017-201834.7%88.1%19.0%  153.9%
2018-20196.2%6.9%-2.2%  11.3%
Since 2014103.7%201.2%113.3%  94.0%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes