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
17.0% lower in Bellingham, Washington
than in Blacksburg, Virginia

Insurance cost

	Blacksburg, VA	Bellingham, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	128.4	99.2	100	22.7%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Blacksburg, VA	Bellingham, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	104.6	95.2	100	9.0%
Heart Failure	105.7	97	100	8.2%
Hip Knee Replacement	99.4	85.3	100	14.2%
Pneumonia	98	94.4	100	3.7%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Blacksburg, VA	Bellingham, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$24,126	$21,967	$23,281	8.9%
Heart Failure Hospital	$16,990	$15,584	$16,237	8.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$22,017	$18,887	$22,499	14.2%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,476	$15,882	$17,007	3.6%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Blacksburg, VA	Bellingham, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	3.3%	-17.9%	3.1%	642.4%
2015-2016	3.9%	5.6%	12.5%	43.6%
2016-2017	10.3%	-1.6%	57.9%	115.5%
2017-2018	66.1%	38.3%	19.0%	42.1%
2018-2019	3.7%	13.4%	-2.2%	262.2%
Since 2014	104.0%	33.7%	113.3%	67.6%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.

Current City	Comparison City
Bellevue, Nebraska	Orange Beach, Alabama	Compare
Corinth, Mississippi	Seaford, Delaware	Compare
South Portland, Maine	Slidell, Louisiana	Compare
Little Rock, Arkansas	Phoenix, Arizona	Compare
Madison, Wisconsin	Chicago, Illinois	Compare
South Shore, Kentucky	Lexington, South Carolina	Compare
Las Vegas, Nevada	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Compare
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Eastlake, Michigan	Compare
Enfield, New Hampshire	Hinsdale, Illinois	Compare
Ammon, Idaho	Fredericksburg, Virginia	Compare

Blacksburg, Virginia vs. Bellingham, Washington

Health Compare

Insurance cost

Procedure & surgery cost

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

Premium Increases (State Level)

Health Insurance Premiums

Popular Cost of Living Searches

BestPlaces Tools

About BestPlaces

Follow Us