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
22.0% higher in Ocean Shores, Washington
than in Palm Desert, California

Insurance cost

	Palm Desert, CA	Ocean Shores, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	72.2	113.4	100	57.1%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Palm Desert, CA	Ocean Shores, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	104.2	104.1	100	0.1%
Heart Failure	105.2	106	100	0.8%
Hip Knee Replacement	98.5	99.7	100	1.2%
Pneumonia	109.5	91.7	100	16.3%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Palm Desert, CA	Ocean Shores, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$24,035	$24,033	$23,281	0.0%
Heart Failure Hospital	$16,911	$17,033	$16,237	0.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$21,804	$22,080	$22,499	1.3%
Pneumonia Hospital	$18,410	$15,417	$17,007	16.3%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Palm Desert, CA	Ocean Shores, WA	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	4.0%	-17.9%	3.1%	547.5%
2015-2016	0.0%	5.6%	12.5%	∞%
2016-2017	9.3%	-1.6%	57.9%	117.2%
2017-2018	26.1%	38.3%	19.0%	46.7%
2018-2019	1.2%	13.4%	-2.2%	1,016.7%
Since 2014	45.0%	33.7%	113.3%	25.1%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
San Jose, California	Gardnerville, Nevada	Compare
Sacramento, California	Norman, Oklahoma	Compare
Leesburg, Virginia	Salt Lake City, Utah	Compare
East Aurora, New York	St. Petersburg, Florida	Compare
Grand Rapids, Michigan	San Antonio, Texas	Compare
Ann Arbor, Michigan	Knoxville, Tennessee	Compare
Reading, Pennsylvania	Kilmarnock, Virginia	Compare
Cedar City, Utah	Jackson, Mississippi	Compare
Michigan City, Indiana	New York, New York	Compare
Asheville, North Carolina	Fort Mill, South Carolina	Compare

Palm Desert, California vs. Ocean Shores, Washington

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