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Hays, Kansas vs. Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  4.6% higher in Des Moines, Iowa
than in Hays, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Hays, KSDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.9137100  21.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Hays, KSDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.294.1100  7.0%
Heart Failure100.995.8100  5.1%
Hip Knee Replacement116.688.5100  24.1%
Pneumonia104.294.7100  9.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Hays, KSDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,349$21,724$23,281  7.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,208$15,395$16,237  5.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$25,813$19,585$22,499  24.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,524$15,918$17,007  9.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Hays, 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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