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
21.4% higher in Fairbanks, Alaska
than in Rochester, New York

Insurance cost

	Rochester, NY	Fairbanks, AK	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	89.1	138.2	100	55.1%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Rochester, NY	Fairbanks, AK	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	99.9	108.3	100	8.4%
Heart Failure	93.1	77.7	100	16.5%
Hip Knee Replacement	99	77.1	100	22.1%
Pneumonia	94.6	81.4	100	14.0%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Rochester, NY	Fairbanks, AK	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$23,054	$24,985	$23,281	8.4%
Heart Failure Hospital	$14,961	$12,490	$16,237	16.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$21,927	$17,067	$22,499	22.2%
Pneumonia Hospital	$15,915	$13,690	$17,007	14.0%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Rochester, NY	Fairbanks, AK	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	10.8%	14.6%	3.1%	35.2%
2015-2016	3.4%	47.3%	12.5%	1,291.2%
2016-2017	15.5%	28.8%	57.9%	85.8%
2017-2018	11.5%	-21.6%	19.0%	287.8%
2018-2019	12.5%	-3.3%	-2.2%	126.4%
Since 2014	65.9%	64.8%	113.3%	1.7%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Omaha, Texas	Wichita Falls, Texas	Compare
Columbia, Missouri	Knoxville, Tennessee	Compare
Rockville Centre, New York	Wilmington, North Carolina	Compare
Portsmouth, New Hampshire	Denver, Colorado	Compare
Harrisonburg, Virginia	Emmitsburg, Maryland	Compare
Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Irvine, California	Compare
Columbus, Ohio	Park City, Utah	Compare
Aurora, Illinois	Burlington, Iowa	Compare
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Palm Harbor, Florida	Compare
Las Vegas, Nevada	Antioch, California	Compare

Rochester, New York vs. Fairbanks, Alaska

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