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
27.1% higher in Salinas, California
than in Modesto, California

Insurance cost

	Modesto, CA	Salinas, CA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	102.1	156.2	100	53.0%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Modesto, CA	Salinas, CA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	104.5	102.6	100	1.8%
Heart Failure	98.4	99.8	100	1.4%
Hip Knee Replacement	98.6	96	100	2.6%
Pneumonia	96.4	107.7	100	11.7%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Modesto, CA	Salinas, CA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$24,108	$23,675	$23,281	1.8%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,807	$16,036	$16,237	1.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$21,823	$21,262	$22,499	2.6%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,202	$18,107	$17,007	11.8%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Modesto, CA	Salinas, CA	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	4.0%	4.0%	3.1%	0.0%
2015-2016	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	NaN%
2016-2017	9.3%	9.3%	57.9%	0.0%
2017-2018	26.1%	26.1%	19.0%	0.0%
2018-2019	1.2%	1.2%	-2.2%	0.0%
Since 2014	45.0%	45.0%	113.3%	0.0%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Lafayette, Colorado	Lafayette, Virginia	Compare
Winter Park, Colorado	Steamboat Springs, Colorado	Compare
Laguna Beach, California	Malibu, California	Compare
Fort Myers, Florida	Portland, Oregon	Compare
Homosassa, Florida	Lewes, Delaware	Compare
Houston, Texas	Federal Way, Washington	Compare
Mattoon, Illinois	Big Rapids, Michigan	Compare
Navarre, Florida	Bothell, Washington	Compare
Greenville, North Carolina	Asheville, North Carolina	Compare
Williams, Arizona	Los Angeles, California	Compare

Modesto, California vs. Salinas, 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