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Iowa City, Iowa vs. Blowing Rock, North Carolina

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Health
  1.0% lower in Blowing Rock, North Carolina
than in Iowa City, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Iowa City, IABlowing Rock, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium140.7132.8100  5.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Iowa City, IABlowing Rock, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack89.792.5100  3.1%
Heart Failure97.9100.7100  2.9%
Hip Knee Replacement82.996.5100  16.4%
Pneumonia98.996.6100  2.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Iowa City, IABlowing Rock, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$20,690$21,337$23,281  3.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,735$16,173$16,237  2.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,358$21,370$22,499  16.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,623$16,245$17,007  2.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Iowa City, IABlowing Rock, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%6.0%3.1%  27.7%
2015-201613.2%23.1%12.5%  75.0%
2016-201726.3%39.6%57.9%  50.6%
2017-201888.1%15.5%19.0%  82.4%
2018-20196.9%-1.4%-2.2%  120.3%
Since 2014201.2%107.4%113.3%  46.6%
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