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Great Bend, Kansas vs. Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  6.3% higher in Des Moines, Iowa
than in Great Bend, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Great Bend, KSDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.9137100  21.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Great Bend, KSDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.694.1100  8.3%
Heart Failure109.195.8100  12.2%
Hip Knee Replacement10088.5100  11.5%
Pneumonia104.294.7100  9.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Great Bend, KSDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,685$21,724$23,281  8.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,531$15,395$16,237  12.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,147$19,585$22,499  11.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,516$15,918$17,007  9.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Great Bend, KSDes Moines, 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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