Great Bend, Kansas vs. Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Health
  15.7% higher in Council Bluffs, Iowa
than in Great Bend, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Great Bend, KSCouncil Bluffs, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.9151.8100  34.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Great Bend, KSCouncil Bluffs, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6102.8100  0.2%
Heart Failure109.1102.7100  5.9%
Hip Knee Replacement10091.5100  8.5%
Pneumonia104.297.8100  6.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Great Bend, KSCouncil Bluffs, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,685$23,730$23,281  0.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,531$16,506$16,237  5.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,147$20,251$22,499  8.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,516$16,452$17,007  6.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Great Bend, KSCouncil Bluffs, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%4.7%3.1%  202.2%
2015-201615.8%13.2%12.5%  16.5%
2016-201742.4%26.3%57.9%  38.0%
2017-201837.8%88.1%19.0%  133.1%
2018-20196.6%6.9%-2.2%  4.5%
Since 2014131.0%201.2%113.3%  53.6%
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