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Health
  24.3% lower in Las Cruces, New Mexico
than in Des Moines, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Des Moines, IALas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium13771.6100  47.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Des Moines, IALas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94.199.7100  6.0%
Heart Failure95.8102.6100  7.1%
Hip Knee Replacement88.5103.4100  16.8%
Pneumonia94.7104100  9.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Des Moines, IALas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,724$22,999$23,281  5.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,395$16,485$16,237  7.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,585$22,887$22,499  16.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,918$17,496$17,007  9.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Des Moines, IALas Cruces, NMU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-12.4%3.1%  363.8%
2015-201613.2%7.1%12.5%  46.2%
2016-201726.3%28.8%57.9%  9.5%
2017-201888.1%51.6%19.0%  41.4%
2018-20196.9%-11.8%-2.2%  271.0%
Since 2014201.2%61.5%113.3%  69.4%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes