QHP Index

Silver plans in Wake County

16 Silver plans sold in Wake County, North Carolina, from 4 insurers, priced at age 21.

What people in Wake County actually paid

The prices below are the sticker price. Most people do not pay it. In 2026, the average plan in Wake County listed at $669 a month and the average person paid $188 after the advance premium tax credit.

Across the 100 North Carolina counties CMS published, the averages are $860 and $189; across the country, $829 and $183. Those are our averages of the county figures; every other number here is CMS’s own.

19,318 of the 82,129 people who enrolled here — 23.5% — 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 21: 212730405060

PlanMetalType Premium at 21DeductibleMax out of pocket
Blue Home Silver Preferred | 3 Free PCP | $10 Tier 1 Rx | Integrated | with UNC Health Alliance
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC
SilverEPO $457.20 $2,800 $10,600
Blue Home Silver Standard | with UNC Health Alliance
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC
SilverEPO $462.25 $6,000 $8,900
Blue Home Silver Choice A | 3 Free PCP | $15 Tier 1 Rx | with UNC Health Alliance
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC
SilverEPO $472.57 $3,000 $10,600
Clear Silver with $0 Insulin Options
Ambetter of North Carolina
SilverHMO $490.14 $7,000 $7,000
Standard Silver
Ambetter of North Carolina
SilverHMO $490.29 $6,000 $8,900
Enhanced Asthma/COPD Care Silver with $0 Drug Options
Ambetter of North Carolina
SilverHMO $503.10 $5,900 $8,150
Standard Silver + Vision + Adult Dental
Ambetter of North Carolina
SilverHMO $506.79 $6,000 $8,900
Enhanced Asthma/COPD Care Silver with $0 Drug Options + Vision + Adult Dental
Ambetter of North Carolina
SilverHMO $520.03 $5,900 $8,150
UHC Silver Value ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, No Referrals)
UnitedHealthcare
SilverHMO $582.97 $3,550 $10,000
UHC Silver Standard (No Referrals)
UnitedHealthcare
SilverHMO $584.06 $6,000 $8,900
UHC Silver Advantage ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, $3 Tier 2 Rx, No Referrals)
UnitedHealthcare
SilverHMO $591.03 $2,500 $10,150
UHC Silver Value + ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, Dental + Vision, No Referrals)
UnitedHealthcare
SilverHMO $598.74 $3,550 $10,000
UHC Silver Advantage + ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, $3 Tier 2 Rx, Dental + Vision, No Referrals)
UnitedHealthcare
SilverHMO $606.80 $2,500 $10,150
Connect Silver RD 5000 Indiv Med Deductible
Cigna Healthcare
SilverHMO $688.58 $5,000 $9,250
Connect Silver RD CMS Standard
Cigna Healthcare
SilverHMO $692.11 $6,000 $8,900
Connect Silver RD 3500 Indiv Med Deductible
Cigna Healthcare
SilverHMO $694.07 $3,500 $9,000

Silver is the only level that carries cost-sharing reductions. If your income is under 250% of the federal poverty level, a Silver plan’s deductible and copays drop automatically — often far below what Gold offers for more money. Each plan’s page shows exactly what it becomes.

Counties next to this one

Wake County is in Rating Area 13 of North Carolina. 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. 2 other counties share it and are listed first; the rest are the largest in North Carolina.

CountyPlansInsurersCheapest at 40Average paid after credit
Franklin County same rating area 444 $445.74$164
Johnston County same rating area 444 $445.74$167
Davidson County 896 $420.11$193
Forsyth County 896 $420.11$177
Yadkin County 896 $420.11$200
Davie County 836 $420.11$180
Guilford County 836 $421.96$186
Mecklenburg County 815 $446.85$138
Randolph County 755 $421.96$184
Stokes County 755 $420.11$210
Cabarrus County 684 $446.85$147
Union County 684 $446.85$192

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.

Get told when this changes

When next year’s premiums are posted for Wake County, or an insurer arrives or leaves.

Double opt-in, one click to unsubscribe. We never sell or share the list, and we are not an insurance agent or broker: this is a notification about published data, not a sales call. Privacy.

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.