The Kaiser Family Foundation calculated monthly average ACA marketplace benchmark premiums per state in 2023. The national average is $456.
The data is based on the second-lowest-cost silver premium for a 40-year-old in each county and weighted by county plan selections.
States ranked from highest to lowest benchmark premiums:
1. Vermont: $841
2. West Virginia: $824
3. Wyoming: $802
4. Alaska: $762
T-5. Connecticut: $627
T-5. New York: $627
7. South Dakota: $626
8. Alabama: $567
9. Louisiana: $565
10. Nebraska: $550
11. Delaware: $549
12. North Carolina: $512
13. Oklahoma: $510
14. South Carolina: $496
15. Iowa: $484
16. Montana: $477
17. North Dakota: $475
T-18. Missouri: $473
T-18. Tennessee: $473
T-20. Florida: $471
T-20. Kansas: $471
T-20. Utah: $471
23. Hawaii: $469
24. Oregon: $462
T-25. Mississippi: $461
T-25. Texas: $461
27. Maine: $457
28. Wisconsin: $456
29. Illinois: $453
30. New Mexico: $445
31. New Jersey: $441
32. Pennsylvania: $433
33. California: $432
34. Washington, D.C: $428
35. Kentucky: $422
36. Idaho: $420
37. Massachusetts: $417
38. Arkansas: $416
T-39. Georgia: $413
T-39. Ohio: $413
41. Arizona: $410
42. Indiana: $397
43. Washington: $395
44. Nevada: $386
45. Colorado: $380
46. Rhode Island: $379
47. Virginia: $371
48. Michigan: $362
49. Maryland: $336
50. Minnesota: $335
51. New Hampshire: $323