QHP Index

Expanded Bronze plans in Palo Alto County

15 Expanded Bronze plans sold in Palo Alto County, Iowa, from 4 insurers, priced at age 27.

What people in Palo Alto County actually paid

The prices below are the sticker price. Most people do not pay it. In 2026, the average plan in Palo Alto County listed at $659 a month and the average person paid $284 after the advance premium tax credit.

36 of the 385 people who enrolled here — 9.4% — 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 27: 212730405060

PlanMetalType Premium at 27DeductibleMax out of pocket
Everyday Bronze
Ambetter Health
Expanded BronzeHMO $321.78 $8,450 $10,150
Standard Expanded Bronze
Ambetter Health
Expanded BronzeHMO $322.42 $7,500 $10,000
Bronze Classic Standard
Oscar Insurance Company
Expanded BronzeEPO $329.02 $7,500 $10,000
Wellmark Bronze Traditional HMO
Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc.
Expanded BronzeHMO $335.24 $7,200 $9,900
Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental
Ambetter Health
Expanded BronzeHMO $335.41 $8,450 $10,150
Standard Expanded Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental
Ambetter Health
Expanded BronzeHMO $336.08 $7,500 $10,000
Bronze Classic 4700
Oscar Insurance Company
Expanded BronzeEPO $339.09 $4,700 $9,300
Wellmark Bronze HDHP HMO HSA Qualified
Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc.
Expanded BronzeHMO $342.26 $8,300 $8,300
Wellmark Standard Bronze HMO
Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc.
Expanded BronzeHMO $359.32 $7,500 $10,000
Bronze Elite + PCP Saver Plus
Oscar Insurance Company
Expanded BronzeEPO $360.75 $0 $10,600
Elite Bronze
Ambetter Health
Expanded BronzeHMO $372.89 $0 $10,500
Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental
Ambetter Health
Expanded BronzeHMO $388.69 $0 $10,500
Medica Insure Bronze Share
Medica
Expanded BronzeEPO $472.27 $8,000 $10,600
Medica Insure Bronze $0 Copay PCP Visits
Medica
Expanded BronzeEPO $513.48 $7,500 $10,600
Medica Insure Expanded Bronze Standard
Medica
Expanded BronzeEPO $519.68 $7,500 $10,000

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. Nothing 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.