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
8.4% higher in Howard, Colorado
than in Chicago, Illinois

Insurance cost

	Chicago, IL	Howard, CO	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	73.7	98.7	100	33.9%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Chicago, IL	Howard, CO	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	103.1	101.3	100	1.7%
Heart Failure	104.1	85.9	100	17.5%
Hip Knee Replacement	112.3	98.3	100	12.5%
Pneumonia	110.4	100.9	100	8.6%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Chicago, IL	Howard, CO	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$23,800	$23,378	$23,281	1.8%
Heart Failure Hospital	$16,722	$13,797	$16,237	17.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$24,870	$21,754	$22,499	12.5%
Pneumonia Hospital	$18,557	$16,968	$17,007	8.6%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Chicago, IL	Howard, CO	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	3.1%	12.0%	3.1%	287.1%
2015-2016	9.0%	-0.3%	12.5%	103.3%
2016-2017	38.0%	14.7%	57.9%	61.3%
2017-2018	38.1%	33.5%	19.0%	12.1%
2018-2019	-1.6%	3.8%	-2.2%	337.5%
Since 2014	110.6%	77.5%	113.3%	29.9%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Lander, Wyoming	Fredericksburg, Virginia	Compare
Salt Lake City, Utah	Camden, New Jersey	Compare
Temecula, California	Henderson, Nevada	Compare
Pomona, California	Ivins, Utah	Compare
Seattle, Washington	Hickory Flat, Mississippi	Compare
Fayetteville, North Carolina	West Linn, Oregon	Compare
Paradise town (Butte County), California	El Sobrante (Contra Costa County), California	Compare
Amherst, Ohio	Raleigh, North Carolina	Compare
Rehoboth, Massachusetts	Franklin, North Carolina	Compare
Dublin, Ohio	Bexley, Ohio	Compare

Chicago, Illinois vs. Howard, Colorado

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