Expanded Bronze plans in Black Hawk County

Name: Expanded Bronze marketplace plans in Black Hawk County, IA: all 15
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15 Expanded Bronze plans sold in Black Hawk County, Iowa, from 3 insurers, priced at age 40.

What people in Black Hawk County actually paid

The prices below are the sticker price. Most people do not pay it. In 2026, the average plan in Black Hawk County listed at $562 a month and the average person paid $200 after the advance premium tax credit.

Across the 99 Iowa counties CMS published, the averages are $658 and $235; across the country, $829 and $183. Those are our averages of the county figures; every other number here is CMS’s own.

790 of the 4,791 people who enrolled here — 16.5% — paid $10 a month or less.

What you pay depends on your income and your household, and only HealthCare.gov can work it out for you. These are the county's published averages, not a quote.

Premiums at age 40: 21 27 30 40 50 60

Plan	Metal	Type	Premium at 40	Deductible	Max out of pocket
Wellmark Bronze Standard \| UnityPoint Health Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc.	Expanded Bronze	HMO	$352.14	$7,500	$10,000
Wellmark Bronze Traditional HMO Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc.	Expanded Bronze	HMO	$353.12	$7,200	$9,900
Bronze Classic Standard \| MercyOne Oscar Insurance Company	Expanded Bronze	EPO	$356.34	$7,500	$10,000
Wellmark Bronze HDHP HMO HSA Qualified Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc.	Expanded Bronze	HMO	$360.51	$8,300	$8,300
Bronze Simple Diabetes \| MercyOne Oscar Insurance Company	Expanded Bronze	EPO	$363.67	$5,500	$10,150
Bronze Simple Breathe Easy with Enhanced COPD Benefits \| MercyOne Oscar Insurance Company	Expanded Bronze	EPO	$365.70	$5,500	$10,150
Bronze Classic 4700 \| MercyOne Oscar Insurance Company	Expanded Bronze	EPO	$366.97	$4,700	$9,300
Bronze Simple Chronic Care CKM \| MercyOne Oscar Insurance Company	Expanded Bronze	EPO	$372.20	$5,500	$10,150
Wellmark Standard Bronze HMO Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc.	Expanded Bronze	HMO	$378.48	$7,500	$10,000
Bronze Elite + PCP Saver Plus \| MercyOne Oscar Insurance Company	Expanded Bronze	EPO	$389.83	$0	$10,600
Bronze Classic Standard Oscar Insurance Company	Expanded Bronze	EPO	$423.09	$7,500	$10,000
Inspire by Medica Bronze Share Medica	Expanded Bronze	EPO	$424.99	$8,000	$10,600
Inspire by Medica Bronze $0 Copay PCP Visits Medica	Expanded Bronze	EPO	$462.08	$7,500	$10,600
Inspire by Medica Expanded Bronze Standard Medica	Expanded Bronze	EPO	$467.66	$7,500	$10,000
Medica Insure Expanded Bronze Standard Medica	Expanded Bronze	EPO	$606.27	$7,500	$10,000

Counties next to this one

Black Hawk County is in Rating Area 6 of Iowa. A rating area is the group of counties an insurer must price together, so a plan sold in two of them carries the same price in each. 12 other counties share it and are listed first; the rest are the largest in Iowa.

County	Plans	Insurers	Cheapest at 40	Average paid after credit
Dubuque County same rating area	58	4	$316.79	$221
Jackson County same rating area	58	4	$316.79	$216
Scott County same rating area	58	4	$316.79	$222
Clinton County same rating area	52	4	$316.79	$223
Benton County same rating area	48	4	$352.14	$262
Buchanan County same rating area	48	4	$352.14	$230
Cedar County same rating area	48	4	$352.14	$264
Linn County same rating area	38	3	$352.14	$239
Delaware County same rating area	32	3	$352.14	$196
Jones County same rating area	32	3	$352.14	$211
Clayton County same rating area	29	3	$353.12	$197
Iowa County same rating area	29	3	$353.12	$212

Open enrollment for 2026 coverage runs 1 November 2025 to 15 January 2026 in most states. Outside that window you need a qualifying life event — losing other coverage, moving, marrying, having a child — to enrol.

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Premiums, deductibles, out-of-pocket maximums and cost sharing are reproduced from the HealthCare.gov Qualified Health Plan landscape file published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for plan year 2026. What people actually paid comes from the CMS open-enrollment county public use file for 2026. CMS landscape file as loaded 17 September 2026. The state and national averages are our arithmetic over CMS’s county figures; nothing else on this page is calculated by us. This is not a complete list of your options and it is not advice: to see every plan and to enrol, use HealthCare.gov or call 1-800-318-2596.