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Lenexa, Kansas vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  18.6% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Lenexa, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Lenexa, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.1157.2100  40.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lenexa, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.896.5100  1.3%
Heart Failure101.295.1100  6.0%
Hip Knee Replacement101.695.6100  5.9%
Pneumonia104.993.5100  10.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lenexa, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,566$22,271$23,281  1.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,262$15,285$16,237  6.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,494$21,156$22,499  5.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,645$15,715$17,007  10.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lenexa, 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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