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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  47.4% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Pittsburgh, PAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium63.9157.2100  146.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Pittsburgh, PAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.196.5100  7.3%
Heart Failure110.495.1100  13.9%
Hip Knee Replacement106.495.6100  10.2%
Pneumonia113.793.5100  17.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Pittsburgh, PAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,010$22,271$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,732$15,285$16,237  13.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,548$21,156$22,499  10.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$19,117$15,715$17,007  17.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Pittsburgh, PAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.7%4.7%3.1%  376.5%
2015-201610.6%13.2%12.5%  24.5%
2016-201752.3%26.3%57.9%  49.7%
2017-201845.2%88.1%19.0%  94.9%
2018-2019-15.8%6.9%-2.2%  143.7%
Since 2014102.5%201.2%113.3%  96.3%
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