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

Hershey, Pennsylvania vs. Santa Cruz, California

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
  4.8% lower in Santa Cruz, California
than in Hershey, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Hershey, PASanta Cruz, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium108.899.8100  8.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Hershey, PASanta Cruz, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack90.4101.9100  12.7%
Heart Failure106.597.1100  8.8%
Hip Knee Replacement97.591.9100  5.7%
Pneumonia109.7101.1100  7.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Hershey, PASanta Cruz, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$20,864$23,516$23,281  12.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,119$15,604$16,237  8.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,582$20,354$22,499  5.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,455$16,994$17,007  7.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Hershey, PASanta Cruz, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.7%4.0%3.1%  335.3%
2015-201610.6%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201752.3%9.3%57.9%  82.2%
2017-201845.2%26.1%19.0%  42.3%
2018-2019-15.8%1.2%-2.2%  107.6%
Since 2014102.5%45.0%113.3%  56.1%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes
Popular Cost of Living Searches
Current CityComparison City
Cheyenne, WyomingGreen Bay, WisconsinCompare
Lake City, South CarolinaSuffolk, VirginiaCompare
Marina, CaliforniaSunnyvale, CaliforniaCompare
Brookfield, ConnecticutLos Alamos, New MexicoCompare
Westerville, OhioCharlotte, North CarolinaCompare
Orlando, FloridaSan Bruno, CaliforniaCompare
Royal Palm Beach, FloridaSan Francisco, CaliforniaCompare
Woodridge, IllinoisMenifee, CaliforniaCompare
East Palo Alto, CaliforniaCuyahoga Falls, OhioCompare
Brookfield, WisconsinSeattle, WashingtonCompare