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Jersey City, New Jersey vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  38.0% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Jersey City, New Jersey
   Insurance cost
Jersey City, NJAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium66.8157.2100  135.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Jersey City, NJAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack105.196.5100  8.2%
Heart Failure108.595.1100  12.4%
Hip Knee Replacement135.195.6100  29.2%
Pneumonia108.493.5100  13.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Jersey City, NJAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,250$22,271$23,281  8.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,430$15,285$16,237  12.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$29,905$21,156$22,499  29.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,222$15,715$17,007  13.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Jersey City, NJAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.2%4.7%3.1%  313.6%
2015-20165.1%13.2%12.5%  158.8%
2016-20174.8%26.3%57.9%  447.9%
2017-201818.7%88.1%19.0%  371.1%
2018-2019-14.8%6.9%-2.2%  146.6%
Since 20149.0%201.2%113.3%  2,135.6%
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