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

Newark, New Jersey vs. Ames, Iowa

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
  38.9% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Newark, New Jersey
   Insurance cost
Newark, NJAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium66.8157.2100  135.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Newark, NJAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack107.496.5100  10.1%
Heart Failure116.295.1100  18.2%
Hip Knee Replacement122.695.6100  22.0%
Pneumonia113.593.5100  17.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Newark, NJAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,789$22,271$23,281  10.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$18,667$15,285$16,237  18.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$27,141$21,156$22,499  22.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$19,091$15,715$17,007  17.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Newark, NJAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.2%4.7%3.1%  313.6%
2015-20165.1%13.2%12.5%  158.8%
2016-20174.8%26.3%57.9%  447.9%
2017-201818.7%88.1%19.0%  371.1%
2018-2019-14.8%6.9%-2.2%  146.6%
Since 20149.0%201.2%113.3%  2,135.6%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes
Popular Cost of Living Searches
Current CityComparison City
San Francisco, CaliforniaDenver, ColoradoCompare
Glen Rock, New JerseyColumbia, MarylandCompare
Omaha, NebraskaLos Angeles, CaliforniaCompare
Biloxi, MississippiMuscatine, IowaCompare
Sacramento, CaliforniaArcata, CaliforniaCompare
Collierville, TennesseeGlastonbury, ConnecticutCompare
Oconomowoc, WisconsinOak Park, IllinoisCompare
Noblesville, IndianaPascagoula, MississippiCompare
Idaho Falls, IdahoGardnerville, NevadaCompare
Richmond, IndianaTerre Haute, IndianaCompare