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
7.5% higher in Chester, Virginia
than in Columbus, Wisconsin

Insurance cost

	Columbus, WI	Chester, VA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	87.5	95.8	100	9.5%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Columbus, WI	Chester, VA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	98.3	96.8	100	1.5%
Heart Failure	91.8	107.4	100	17.0%
Hip Knee Replacement	93.6	99	100	5.8%
Pneumonia	96.2	105.3	100	9.5%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Columbus, WI	Chester, VA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$22,681	$22,340	$23,281	1.5%
Heart Failure Hospital	$14,753	$17,264	$16,237	17.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$20,722	$21,915	$22,499	5.8%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,172	$17,710	$17,007	9.5%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Columbus, WI	Chester, VA	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	2.7%	3.3%	3.1%	22.2%
2015-2016	4.2%	3.9%	12.5%	7.1%
2016-2017	15.4%	10.3%	57.9%	33.1%
2017-2018	54.6%	66.1%	19.0%	21.1%
2018-2019	-5.6%	3.7%	-2.2%	166.1%
Since 2014	80.2%	104.0%	113.3%	29.7%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Seattle, Washington	Bryant, Nebraska	Compare
Greenville, South Carolina	Charlotte, North Carolina	Compare
South Windsor, Connecticut	Warsaw, Indiana	Compare
Arlington, Virginia	Redmond, Washington	Compare
Juneau, Alaska	Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina	Compare
Orlando, Florida	New Orleans, Louisiana	Compare
Hampstead, North Carolina	Folsom, California	Compare
Seattle, Washington	Rockingham, North Carolina	Compare
North Bend, Oregon	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Compare
Naples, Florida	Springhill, Florida	Compare

Columbus, Wisconsin vs. Chester, Virginia

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