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

Hays, Kansas vs. Banner Elk, North Carolina

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
  3.8% higher in Banner Elk, North Carolina
than in Hays, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Hays, KSBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.9131.5100  16.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Hays, KSBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.297.9100  3.3%
Heart Failure100.992.3100  8.5%
Hip Knee Replacement116.698.8100  15.3%
Pneumonia104.293.1100  10.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Hays, KSBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,349$22,580$23,281  3.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,208$14,835$16,237  8.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$25,813$21,872$22,499  15.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,524$15,658$17,007  10.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Hays, KSBanner Elk, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%6.0%3.1%  230.4%
2015-201615.8%23.1%12.5%  46.2%
2016-201742.4%39.6%57.9%  6.6%
2017-201837.8%15.5%19.0%  59.0%
2018-20196.6%-1.4%-2.2%  121.2%
Since 2014131.0%107.4%113.3%  18.0%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes
Popular Cost of Living Searches
Current CityComparison City
Lewiston, IdahoGatlinburg, TennesseeCompare
Madison, WisconsinSpringfield, MissouriCompare
Lincoln City, OregonLarkspur, CaliforniaCompare
Charleston, South CarolinaAlabama, AlabamaCompare
Chula Vista, CaliforniaYorktown Heights, New YorkCompare
Maryville, MissouriMyrtle Beach, South CarolinaCompare
Edgewood, New MexicoSeattle, WashingtonCompare
Edgewater, New JerseyPlainfield, New JerseyCompare
Boulder, ColoradoDanville, CaliforniaCompare
Barstow, CaliforniaBlue Rapids City, KansasCompare