Hutchinson, Kansas vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  24.9% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Hutchinson, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Hutchinson, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium101.5157.2100  54.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Hutchinson, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack10896.5100  10.6%
Heart Failure102.195.1100  6.9%
Hip Knee Replacement93.495.6100  2.4%
Pneumonia98.893.5100  5.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Hutchinson, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,923$22,271$23,281  10.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,408$15,285$16,237  6.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,688$21,156$22,499  2.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,616$15,715$17,007  5.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Hutchinson, KSAmes, 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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