Obamacare Prices by State
Vermont has the highest Lowest- Cost Bronze Premium (Avg) in 2026 ($824), followed by Wyoming ($785) and West Virginia ($775). Maryland has the lowest ($283).
Lowest- Cost Bronze Premium (Avg), 2026
Green is better, red is worse (lower is better). Click a place to highlight it.
All 51 ranked
Best first.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Over time · 2018–2026
The top 5 in 2026, against the median.
- Median of all states
- Maryland
- New Hampshire
- Idaho
- Virginia
- Iowa
Data
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| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Maryland | $283 | $403 | $414 | $404 |
| 2 |  New Hampshire | $318 | $394 | $401 | $434 |
| 3 |  Idaho | $346 | $484 | $490 | $511 |
| 4 |  Virginia | $351 | $455 | $455 | $441 |
| 5 |  Iowa | $359 | $497 | $501 | $466 |
| 6 |  Pennsylvania | $364 | $555 | $572 | $478 |
| 6 |  Washington | $364 | $590 | $612 | $466 |
| 8 |  Rhode Island | $367 | $488 | $506 | $502 |
| 9 |  Michigan | $384 | $513 | $523 | $561 |
| 9 |  Minnesota | $384 | $437 | $448 | $501 |
| 11 |  Massachusetts | $393 | $476 | $494 | $575 |
| 12 |  Nevada | $396 | $495 | $497 | $626 |
| 13 |  North Dakota | $398 | $553 | $570 | $549 |
| 14 |  Ohio | $400 | $513 | $513 | $548 |
| 15 |  Indiana | $405 | $473 | $474 | $646 |
| 16 |  South Carolina | $410 | $564 | $564 | $594 |
| 17 |  Hawaii | $414 | $533 | $541 | $542 |
| 18 |  Colorado | $422 | $535 | $557 | $515 |
| 19 |  Texas | $426 | $651 | $661 | $570 |
| 20 |  Arizona | $430 | $519 | $532 | $602 |
| 21 |  Alabama | $433 | $632 | $645 | $706 |
| 22 |  Illinois | $436 | $635 | $646 | $539 |
| 23 |  California | $440 | $522 | $570 | $572 |
| 24 |  Wisconsin | $443 | $602 | $611 | $640 |
| 25 |  Louisiana | $447 | $637 | $646 | $676 |
| 25 |  Arkansas | $447 | $753 | $774 | $647 |
| 27 |  New Jersey | $451 | $538 | $545 | $700 |
| 28 |  Oregon | $453 | $535 | $543 | $603 |
| 29 |  Montana | $455 | $681 | $692 | $701 |
| 30 |  Oklahoma | $462 | $602 | $604 | $617 |
| 31 |  Missouri | $465 | $604 | $605 | $579 |
| 32 |  New Mexico | $473 | $565 | $623 | $509 |
| 33 |  Kentucky | $481 | $577 | $590 | $667 |
| 34 |  South Dakota | $484 | $642 | $655 | $665 |
| 35 |  Georgia | $485 | $604 | $615 | $638 |
| 36 |  North Carolina | $489 | $633 | $638 | $662 |
| 37 |  Florida | $505 | $674 | $683 | $640 |
| 37 |  District of Columbia | $505 | $565 | $610 | $649 |
| 39 |  Tennessee | $508 | $707 | $711 | $698 |
| 39 |  Kansas | $508 | $650 | $670 | $684 |
| 41 |  Utah | $510 | $614 | $640 | $701 |
| 42 |  Maine | $525 | $696 | $709 | $752 |
| 43 |  Delaware | $542 | $685 | $691 | $727 |
| 44 |  Nebraska | $545 | $710 | $710 | $729 |
| 45 |  Mississippi | $589 | $661 | $662 | $845 |
| 46 |  New York | $610 | $788 | $817 | $1,057 |
| 47 |  Connecticut | $623 | $757 | $870 | $805 |
| 48 |  Alaska | $669 | $1,019 | $1,032 | $912 |
| 49 |  West Virginia | $775 | $1,036 | $1,073 | $961 |
| 50 |  Wyoming | $785 | $1,089 | $1,090 | $1,000 |
| 51 |  Vermont | $824 | $1,289 | $1,299 | $1,135 |
What correlates with Lowest- Cost Bronze Premium (Avg) (2026)?
Pearson r against 2,093 other state metrics sharing at least 31 states. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Lowest- Cost Bronze Premium (Avg) tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Lowest- Cost Bronze Premium (Avg) tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Lowest- Cost Bronze Premium (Avg)?
- Vermont has the highest Lowest- Cost Bronze Premium (Avg) in 2026, at $824, followed by Wyoming ($785) and West Virginia ($775).
- Which state has the lowest Lowest- Cost Bronze Premium (Avg)?
- Maryland has the lowest Lowest- Cost Bronze Premium (Avg) in 2026, at $283.
- What is the median Lowest- Cost Bronze Premium (Avg) across US states?
- The median is $447 across the 51 US states with data in 2026.
- Where does this obamacare prices by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Average Marketplace Premiums by Metal Tier, 2018-2023 - Kaiser Family Foundation.