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Fargo, North Dakota vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  47.7% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Fargo, North Dakota
   Insurance cost
Fargo, NDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium75.8157.2100  107.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fargo, NDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack100.896.5100  4.3%
Heart Failure91.695.1100  3.8%
Hip Knee Replacement93.495.6100  2.4%
Pneumonia91.393.5100  2.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fargo, NDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,252$22,271$23,281  4.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,720$15,285$16,237  3.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,684$21,156$22,499  2.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,360$15,715$17,007  2.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fargo, NDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.7%4.7%3.1%  29.9%
2015-20168.9%13.2%12.5%  48.3%
2016-20176.7%26.3%57.9%  292.5%
2017-20187.1%88.1%19.0%  1,140.8%
2018-201921.2%6.9%-2.2%  67.5%
Since 201460.9%201.2%113.3%  230.4%
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