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
4.1% lower in Squirrel Mountain Valley, California
than in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Insurance cost

	Gaithersburg, MD	Squirrel Mountain Valley, CA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	80.4	82	100	2.0%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Gaithersburg, MD	Squirrel Mountain Valley, CA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	97.9	103.9	100	6.1%
Heart Failure	106.1	101.8	100	4.1%
Hip Knee Replacement	111.2	82	100	26.3%
Pneumonia	104.1	100.2	100	3.7%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Gaithersburg, MD	Squirrel Mountain Valley, CA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$22,581	$23,971	$23,281	6.2%
Heart Failure Hospital	$17,050	$16,360	$16,237	4.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$24,614	$18,143	$22,499	26.3%
Pneumonia Hospital	$17,505	$16,856	$17,007	3.7%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Gaithersburg, MD	Squirrel Mountain Valley, CA	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	15.9%	4.0%	3.1%	74.8%
2015-2016	-0.4%	0.0%	12.5%	100.0%
2016-2017	25.2%	9.3%	57.9%	63.1%
2017-2018	53.1%	26.1%	19.0%	50.8%
2018-2019	-14.0%	1.2%	-2.2%	108.6%
Since 2014	90.5%	45.0%	113.3%	50.3%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Pacific Grove, California	Pacifica, California	Compare
Norristown, Pennsylvania	Charlotte, North Carolina	Compare
Lynden, Washington	Palm Desert, California	Compare
Mountain Brook, Alabama	Palm Harbor, Florida	Compare
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Charlotte, North Carolina	Compare
Sharpsburg, Georgia	Rockledge, Florida	Compare
Upper Lake, California	Rodeo, California	Compare
Iowa City, Iowa	Chula Vista, California	Compare
Madison, Wisconsin	San Francisco, California	Compare
Vero Beach, Florida	Greenville, South Carolina	Compare

Gaithersburg, Maryland vs. Squirrel Mountain Valley, California

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