Pittsburg, Kansas vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  25.3% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Pittsburg, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Pittsburg, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium97.1157.2100  61.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Pittsburg, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack10496.5100  7.2%
Heart Failure102.995.1100  7.6%
Hip Knee Replacement111.995.6100  14.6%
Pneumonia92.793.5100  0.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Pittsburg, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,994$22,271$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,528$15,285$16,237  7.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,783$21,156$22,499  14.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,596$15,715$17,007  0.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Pittsburg, 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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