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

Ruston, Louisiana vs. Birmingham, Alabama

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
  2.6% lower in Birmingham, Alabama
than in Ruston, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Ruston, LABirmingham, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium100.8100.8100  0.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ruston, LABirmingham, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.397.2100  5.0%
Heart Failure103.1101.8100  1.3%
Hip Knee Replacement107.8103.9100  3.6%
Pneumonia117.4104.7100  10.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ruston, LABirmingham, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,602$22,431$23,281  5.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,569$16,360$16,237  1.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,870$23,011$22,499  3.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$19,739$17,608$17,007  10.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ruston, LABirmingham, ALU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%3.1%3.1%  43.6%
2015-20168.6%12.5%12.5%  45.3%
2016-201717.0%57.9%57.9%  240.6%
2017-201814.8%19.0%19.0%  28.4%
2018-2019-4.2%-2.2%-2.2%  47.6%
Since 201447.4%113.3%113.3%  139.0%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes
Popular Cost of Living Searches
Current CityComparison City
Volcano, CaliforniaTracy, CaliforniaCompare
Morgantown, West VirginiaCarl Junction, MissouriCompare
Pinetop Country Club, ArizonaPhoenix, ArizonaCompare
Grove, OklahomaMinot, North DakotaCompare
Hooper, UtahPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCompare
Marengo, IowaPueblo West, ColoradoCompare
Sierra Vista, ArizonaSimpsonville, South CarolinaCompare
Ferry Pass, FloridaGolden, ColoradoCompare
Erie, PennsylvaniaBothell, WashingtonCompare
Lawrence, MassachusettsManchester, New HampshireCompare