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Kansas City, Kansas vs. Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  6.4% higher in Des Moines, Iowa
than in Kansas City, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Kansas City, KSDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.1137100  22.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Kansas City, KSDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.594.1100  7.3%
Heart Failure105.395.8100  9.0%
Hip Knee Replacement98.788.5100  10.3%
Pneumonia116.794.7100  18.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Kansas City, KSDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,422$21,724$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,926$15,395$16,237  9.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,843$19,585$22,499  10.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$19,617$15,918$17,007  18.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Kansas City, 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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