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
29.1% lower in Carmel, Indiana
than in Waterloo, Iowa

Insurance cost

	Waterloo, IA	Carmel, IN	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	139	72.4	100	47.9%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Waterloo, IA	Carmel, IN	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	105.8	97.6	100	7.8%
Heart Failure	105.1	103.5	100	1.5%
Hip Knee Replacement	99.7	95.7	100	4.0%
Pneumonia	101	104.1	100	3.1%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Waterloo, IA	Carmel, IN	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$24,415	$22,512	$23,281	7.8%
Heart Failure Hospital	$16,887	$16,635	$16,237	1.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$22,076	$21,187	$22,499	4.0%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,991	$17,507	$17,007	3.0%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Waterloo, IA	Carmel, IN	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	4.7%	-1.5%	3.1%	131.9%
2015-2016	13.2%	-12.7%	12.5%	196.2%
2016-2017	26.3%	-1.4%	57.9%	105.3%
2017-2018	88.1%	21.9%	19.0%	75.1%
2018-2019	6.9%	0.0%	-2.2%	100.0%
Since 2014	201.2%	3.4%	113.3%	98.3%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Coppell, Texas	Rockville, Maryland	Compare
Columbus, Ohio	St. Louis, Missouri	Compare
Aurora, Colorado	Central Point, Oregon	Compare
Meigs, Georgia	Decatur, Illinois	Compare
Corona, California	Roseville, California	Compare
West Linn, Oregon	Yoncalla, Oregon	Compare
Stafford Courthouse, Virginia	Pigeon Forge, Tennessee	Compare
Spokane, Washington	Dover, New Hampshire	Compare
North Bethesda, Maryland	Chevy Chase, Maryland	Compare
Frisco, Colorado	Atlanta, Georgia	Compare

Waterloo, Iowa vs. Carmel, Indiana

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