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Health
  6.0% lower in Kansas City, Kansas
than in Des Moines, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Des Moines, IAKansas City, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium137112.1100  18.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Des Moines, IAKansas City, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94.1101.5100  7.9%
Heart Failure95.8105.3100  9.9%
Hip Knee Replacement88.598.7100  11.5%
Pneumonia94.7116.7100  23.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Des Moines, IAKansas City, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,724$23,422$23,281  7.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,395$16,926$16,237  9.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,585$21,843$22,499  11.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,918$19,617$17,007  23.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Des Moines, IAKansas City, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-4.6%3.1%  197.9%
2015-201613.2%15.8%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%42.4%57.9%  61.2%
2017-201888.1%37.8%19.0%  57.1%
2018-20196.9%6.6%-2.2%  4.3%
Since 2014201.2%131.0%113.3%  34.9%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes