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
16.3% higher in Grand Island, Nebraska
than in West Des Moines, Iowa

Insurance cost

	West Des Moines, IA	Grand Island, NE	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	137	169.7	100	23.9%

Procedure & surgery cost

	West Des Moines, IA	Grand Island, NE	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	94.1	95.3	100	1.3%
Heart Failure	95.8	98	100	2.3%
Hip Knee Replacement	88.5	100.1	100	13.1%
Pneumonia	94.7	95.3	100	0.6%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	West Des Moines, IA	Grand Island, NE	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$21,724	$21,980	$23,281	1.2%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,395	$15,741	$16,237	2.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$19,585	$22,166	$22,499	13.2%
Pneumonia Hospital	$15,918	$16,022	$17,007	0.7%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	West Des Moines, IA	Grand Island, NE	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	4.7%	18.9%	3.1%	302.1%
2015-2016	13.2%	12.2%	12.5%	7.6%
2016-2017	26.3%	52.7%	57.9%	100.4%
2017-2018	88.1%	51.3%	19.0%	41.8%
2018-2019	6.9%	9.3%	-2.2%	34.8%
Since 2014	201.2%	236.5%	113.3%	17.5%

Health Insurance Premiums

State average

Cost of Taxes

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

Current City	Comparison City
Hillsboro, Oregon	Des Moines, Iowa	Compare
Memphis, Tennessee	Salinas, California	Compare
Fort Pierce, Florida	Buckeye, Arizona	Compare
Boone, North Carolina	Port Orchard, Washington	Compare
Parma Heights, Ohio	Sandpoint, Idaho	Compare
Cottage Grove, Minnesota	Savannah, Georgia	Compare
Provo, Utah	San Jose, California	Compare
Riverside, California	Champaign, Illinois	Compare
Richmond, Virginia	Daytona Beach, Florida	Compare
Felton, Delaware	Murrells Inlet, South Carolina	Compare

West Des Moines, Iowa vs. Grand Island, Nebraska

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