Comparison
Food
Housing
Utilities
Commute
Health
Taxes
Childcare
Personal
Upgrade to Premium

Des Moines, Iowa vs. Albert Lea, Minnesota

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
  19.3% lower in Albert Lea, Minnesota
than in Des Moines, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Des Moines, IAAlbert Lea, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium13792.5100  32.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Des Moines, IAAlbert Lea, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94.189.9100  4.5%
Heart Failure95.894.5100  1.4%
Hip Knee Replacement88.591.5100  3.4%
Pneumonia94.799.3100  4.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Des Moines, IAAlbert Lea, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,724$20,751$23,281  4.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,395$15,190$16,237  1.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,585$20,257$22,499  3.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,918$16,690$17,007  4.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Des Moines, IAAlbert Lea, MNU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%42.3%3.1%  800.0%
2015-201613.2%0.4%12.5%  97.0%
2016-201726.3%58.5%57.9%  122.4%
2017-201888.1%-6.6%19.0%  107.5%
2018-20196.9%-15.3%-2.2%  321.7%
Since 2014201.2%79.1%113.3%  60.7%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes
Popular Cost of Living Searches
Current CityComparison City
Vernal, UtahRichfield, UtahCompare
Tempe, ArizonaWoods Cross, UtahCompare
Mesa, ArizonaSacramento, CaliforniaCompare
Apex, North CarolinaLeesburg, VirginiaCompare
Woodland Park, ColoradoAlpine, UtahCompare
Muscatine, IowaVictoria, MinnesotaCompare
Kearny, New JerseyRoanoke, VirginiaCompare
Brunswick, GeorgiaSilver Spring, MarylandCompare
Laughlin, NevadaPhoenix, ArizonaCompare
Lafayette, LouisianaNiles, MichiganCompare