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Iowa City, Iowa vs. Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Health
  15.0% lower in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
than in Iowa City, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Iowa City, IAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium140.792.3100  34.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Iowa City, IAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack89.792100  2.6%
Heart Failure97.9102.9100  5.1%
Hip Knee Replacement82.9118.4100  42.8%
Pneumonia98.9101.2100  2.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Iowa City, IAChapel Hill, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$20,690$21,218$23,281  2.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,735$16,542$16,237  5.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,358$26,216$22,499  42.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,623$17,010$17,007  2.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Iowa City, IAChapel Hill, 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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