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
25.8% higher in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
than in Taos, New Mexico

Insurance cost

	Taos, NM	Winston-Salem, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	74.3	114.8	100	54.5%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Taos, NM	Winston-Salem, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	94.8	89.2	100	5.9%
Heart Failure	89.3	95.1	100	6.5%
Hip Knee Replacement	89.7	93.1	100	3.8%
Pneumonia	86.3	96.5	100	11.8%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Taos, NM	Winston-Salem, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$21,875	$20,577	$23,281	5.9%
Heart Failure Hospital	$14,354	$15,276	$16,237	6.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$19,863	$20,602	$22,499	3.7%
Pneumonia Hospital	$14,505	$16,221	$17,007	11.8%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Taos, NM	Winston-Salem, NC	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	-12.4%	6.0%	3.1%	148.4%
2015-2016	7.1%	23.1%	12.5%	225.4%
2016-2017	28.8%	39.6%	57.9%	37.5%
2017-2018	51.6%	15.5%	19.0%	70.0%
2018-2019	-11.8%	-1.4%	-2.2%	88.1%
Since 2014	61.5%	107.4%	113.3%	74.6%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Sugar Grove, Illinois	Downers Grove, Illinois	Compare
Scottsdale, Arizona	Stockton, California	Compare
Houston, Texas	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Compare
Boynton Beach, Florida	Beachwood, Ohio	Compare
Bonney Lake, Washington	Alabama, Alabama	Compare
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Austell, Georgia	Compare
Justice, Illinois	Bridgeview, Illinois	Compare
Ashland, Wisconsin	Denver, Colorado	Compare
Pahrump, Nevada	Logansport, Indiana	Compare
Marshalltown, Iowa	Katy, Texas	Compare

Taos, New Mexico vs. Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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