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
2.3% lower in Dedham, Massachusetts
than in St. Simons, Georgia

Insurance cost

	St. Simons, GA	Dedham, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	77.5	62.8	100	19.0%

Procedure & surgery cost

	St. Simons, GA	Dedham, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	96.8	104.4	100	7.9%
Heart Failure	91.8	104.3	100	13.6%
Hip Knee Replacement	96.3	106.2	100	10.3%
Pneumonia	88.3	104.5	100	18.3%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	St. Simons, GA	Dedham, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$22,343	$24,085	$23,281	7.8%
Heart Failure Hospital	$14,757	$16,762	$16,237	13.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$21,324	$23,520	$22,499	10.3%
Pneumonia Hospital	$14,854	$17,580	$17,007	18.4%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	St. Simons, GA	Dedham, MA	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	-6.9%	-2.6%	3.1%	62.3%
2015-2016	5.9%	-1.5%	12.5%	125.4%
2016-2017	17.1%	-2.7%	57.9%	115.8%
2017-2018	43.8%	26.4%	19.0%	39.7%
2018-2019	0.8%	5.1%	-2.2%	537.5%
Since 2014	67.4%	23.9%	113.3%	64.5%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Butte-Silver Bow, Montana	White Sulphur Springs, Montana	Compare
Vermillion, South Dakota	Port Townsend, Washington	Compare
Emporia, Kansas	Fort Myers Shores, Florida	Compare
Ontario, Oregon	Great Falls, Montana	Compare
Winter Park, Florida	Libertyville, Illinois	Compare
Akron, Ohio	Logan, Utah	Compare
Abilene, Kansas	Abilene, Texas	Compare
Atlanta, Georgia	Clearwater, Florida	Compare
South San Francisco, California	Boston, Massachusetts	Compare
Monument, Colorado	Lexington, Kentucky	Compare

St. Simons, Georgia vs. Dedham, Massachusetts

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