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
24.5% lower in Ashland, Kentucky
than in Waterloo, Iowa

Insurance cost

	Waterloo, IA	Ashland, KY	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	139	82.9	100	40.4%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Waterloo, IA	Ashland, KY	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	105.8	97.6	100	7.8%
Heart Failure	105.1	100	100	4.9%
Hip Knee Replacement	99.7	101.3	100	1.6%
Pneumonia	101	100.9	100	0.1%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Waterloo, IA	Ashland, KY	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$24,415	$22,518	$23,281	7.8%
Heart Failure Hospital	$16,887	$16,060	$16,237	4.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$22,076	$22,421	$22,499	1.6%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,991	$16,969	$17,007	0.1%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Waterloo, IA	Ashland, KY	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	4.7%	7.7%	3.1%	63.8%
2015-2016	13.2%	-1.9%	12.5%	114.4%
2016-2017	26.3%	10.7%	57.9%	59.3%
2017-2018	88.1%	46.0%	19.0%	47.8%
2018-2019	6.9%	9.0%	-2.2%	30.4%
Since 2014	201.2%	86.2%	113.3%	57.2%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Rockville, Maryland	Logan, Utah	Compare
Rochester, New York	North Platte, Nebraska	Compare
Santa Monica, California	Prescott Valley, Arizona	Compare
Yucaipa, California	Mead, Washington	Compare
Las Vegas, Nevada	Mill Valley, California	Compare
San Diego, California	Lowell, Indiana	Compare
Grand Rapids, Michigan	East Lansing, Michigan	Compare
Daytona Beach, Florida	New Orleans, Louisiana	Compare
Macon, Missouri	Draper, Utah	Compare
Neskowin, Oregon	Virginia Beach, Virginia	Compare

Waterloo, Iowa vs. Ashland, Kentucky

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