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Mesa, Arizona vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  37.0% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Mesa, Arizona
   Insurance cost
Mesa, AZAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium81.8157.2100  92.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Mesa, AZAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.896.5100  6.1%
Heart Failure109.495.1100  13.1%
Hip Knee Replacement9695.6100  0.4%
Pneumonia108.693.5100  13.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Mesa, AZAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,713$22,271$23,281  6.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,576$15,285$16,237  13.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,252$21,156$22,499  0.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,264$15,715$17,007  14.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Mesa, AZAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-3.0%4.7%3.1%  256.7%
2015-201621.9%13.2%12.5%  39.7%
2016-2017115.5%26.3%57.9%  77.2%
2017-20180.2%88.1%19.0%  43,950.0%
2018-2019-8.7%6.9%-2.2%  179.3%
Since 2014133.2%201.2%113.3%  51.1%
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