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
1.0% lower in Saranac Lake, New York
than in Charleston, South Carolina

Insurance cost

	Charleston, SC	Saranac Lake, NY	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	96	103.1	100	7.4%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Charleston, SC	Saranac Lake, NY	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	104.5	92.4	100	11.6%
Heart Failure	104.2	85.4	100	18.0%
Hip Knee Replacement	93.4	90.7	100	2.9%
Pneumonia	101.4	94.7	100	6.6%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Charleston, SC	Saranac Lake, NY	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$24,122	$21,317	$23,281	11.6%
Heart Failure Hospital	$16,748	$13,724	$16,237	18.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$20,687	$20,089	$22,499	2.9%
Pneumonia Hospital	$17,046	$15,931	$17,007	6.5%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Charleston, SC	Saranac Lake, NY	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	0.0%	10.8%	3.1%	∞%
2015-2016	11.1%	3.4%	12.5%	69.4%
2016-2017	28.2%	15.5%	57.9%	45.0%
2017-2018	34.7%	11.5%	19.0%	66.9%
2018-2019	6.2%	12.5%	-2.2%	101.6%
Since 2014	103.7%	65.9%	113.3%	36.5%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Exeter, New Hampshire	Las Cruces, New Mexico	Compare
Jacksonville Beach, Florida	Chicago, Illinois	Compare
Chicago, Illinois	Wilmington, Delaware	Compare
Portland, Oregon	Kennebunk, Maine	Compare
Columbus, Ohio	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	Compare
Salem, Oregon	North Decatur, Georgia	Compare
Sandusky, Ohio	Fayetteville, North Carolina	Compare
Nashville, Tennessee	Newport News, Virginia	Compare
Yakima, Washington	Gatlinburg, Tennessee	Compare
Northfield, Minnesota	Boulder, Colorado	Compare

Charleston, South Carolina vs. Saranac Lake, New York

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