Philadelphia, Pennsylvania vs. Des Moines, Iowa

Health Compare

Our Premium Cost of Living Calculator includes Health Indexes, Local Prices for Insurance Premiums, Common Surgery and Medical Procedures in Retirement and other must-know details. Click here to customize.

Health
  16.7% higher in Des Moines, Iowa
than in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Philadelphia, PADes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium89.3137100  53.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Philadelphia, PADes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.794.1100  10.1%
Heart Failure106.595.8100  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement109.688.5100  19.3%
Pneumonia110.394.7100  14.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Philadelphia, PADes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,166$21,724$23,281  10.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,110$15,395$16,237  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,254$19,585$22,499  19.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,541$15,918$17,007  14.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Philadelphia, PADes Moines, 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%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes
Popular Cost of Living Searches
Current CityComparison City
Grand Junction, ColoradoRochester, New YorkCompare
Sunrise, FloridaTampa, FloridaCompare
Jacksonville Beach, FloridaNew York, New YorkCompare
Huntington Beach, CaliforniaAlameda, CaliforniaCompare
Houston, TexasElizabethtown, KentuckyCompare
Phoenix, ArizonaGrand Junction, ColoradoCompare
Richmond, VirginiaCharlottesville, VirginiaCompare
Sarasota, FloridaCleveland, OhioCompare
Covington, TexasHampton, VirginiaCompare
Pocatello, IdahoSoda Springs, IdahoCompare