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
12.5% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Spearfish, South Dakota

Insurance cost

	Spearfish, SD	Ames, IA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	128.2	157.2	100	22.6%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Spearfish, SD	Ames, IA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	102.6	96.5	100	5.9%
Heart Failure	93.8	95.1	100	1.4%
Hip Knee Replacement	86.3	95.6	100	10.8%
Pneumonia	107.2	93.5	100	12.8%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Spearfish, SD	Ames, IA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$23,670	$22,271	$23,281	5.9%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,064	$15,285	$16,237	1.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$19,113	$21,156	$22,499	10.7%
Pneumonia Hospital	$18,029	$15,715	$17,007	12.8%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Spearfish, SD	Ames, IA	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	-7.7%	4.7%	3.1%	161.0%
2015-2016	24.6%	13.2%	12.5%	46.3%
2016-2017	38.6%	26.3%	57.9%	31.9%
2017-2018	14.3%	88.1%	19.0%	516.1%
2018-2019	6.9%	6.9%	-2.2%	0.0%
Since 2014	94.8%	201.2%	113.3%	112.2%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Patterson, California	Bellingham, Washington	Compare
Cleveland, Ohio	Las Vegas, Nevada	Compare
Ridgeville, South Carolina	Jacksonboro, South Carolina	Compare
Jacksonville, Florida	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	Compare
Piedmont, South Carolina	Bend, Oregon	Compare
Fort Bragg, California	Tacoma, Washington	Compare
Ridgway, Colorado	Kanab, Utah	Compare
Mechanicsville, Maryland	Montpelier, Vermont	Compare
Enumclaw, Washington	Wallace, Idaho	Compare
Clearwater, Florida	Lawrenceville, Georgia	Compare

Spearfish, South Dakota vs. Ames, Iowa

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