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Mason City, Iowa vs. Scranton, Pennsylvania

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Health
  20.9% lower in Scranton, Pennsylvania
than in Mason City, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Mason City, IAScranton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium160.192.3100  42.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Mason City, IAScranton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.6105100  7.6%
Heart Failure113.6114.9100  1.1%
Hip Knee Replacement94.2120.8100  28.2%
Pneumonia99.6112.1100  12.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Mason City, IAScranton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,519$24,229$23,281  7.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$18,256$18,464$16,237  1.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,857$26,753$22,499  28.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,750$18,849$17,007  12.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Mason City, IAScranton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.7%3.1%  136.2%
2015-201613.2%10.6%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%52.3%57.9%  98.9%
2017-201888.1%45.2%19.0%  48.7%
2018-20196.9%-15.8%-2.2%  329.0%
Since 2014201.2%102.5%113.3%  49.1%
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