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Avg Premium (Age 27)
The short answer
According to PlainHealthPlan's issuer footprint ranking (CMS Marketplace PUF), BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina ranks #9 of 183 tracked issuers by plan count (most plans = #1). BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is a single-state ACA marketplace issuer offering 74 plans across 1 state and 46 counties. Its average age-27 premium of $509/mo runs $131 below the national marketplace average of $640/mo.
QUIET · SOLO · STOCKED · PPO-LED
Lower-premium band
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina in the lower-premium third $509/mo age-27 avg sits in the bottom third of 183 tracked marketplace issuers.
Floor-band age-27 avg $509/mo
($131 below national Silver $640/mo).
Footprint stamp SOLO - concentrated geography. Networks: EPO, PPO, HMO, POS.
Source: CMS Marketplace Public Use Files. Informational only; confirm options at HealthCare.gov .
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Metal Levels Offered Gold Expanded Bronze Silver Bronze
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina average premium by metal level The premium ladder across BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina's 74 ACA plans, average monthly premium (age 27) by metal tier. Bronze trades a low premium for a high deductible; Gold and Platinum invert it.
Bronze $315/mo Expanded Bronze $392/mo Silver $549/mo Gold $586/mo
Bronze $315/mo Expanded Bronze $392/mo Silver $549/mo Gold $586/mo
Source: CMS Marketplace Public Use Files, plan year 2026.
How BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina's plan book compares across all tracked issuers
183 marketplace issuers with a tracked plan count, banded by plan book size.
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina vs 183 tracked issuers
ACA marketplace plan count, CMS Marketplace Public Use Files
74 9th of 183 higher than 174 of 183 issuers
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
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Issuers, banded by plan count
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Source CMS Marketplace Public Use Files · 2026-08-30
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina vs every tracked issuer: premium and plan-book size
A bigger plan book doesn't buy a discount here: the top third of issuers by plan-book size average $581/mo, $29 more than the bottom third's $552/mo. BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina sits at $509/mo with 74 plans, highlighted below among 183 tracked issuers.
Source: CMS Marketplace Public Use Files (PY2026). Each point is one tracked issuer's average premium and total plan count; BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is highlighted.
Scatter plot of 183 data points.
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Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($)
Plan count
22 Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 570.21 · Plan count: 5 Alliant Health Plans, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 542.45 · Plan count: 9 Ambetter from Absolute Total Care, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 438.84 · Plan count: 9 Ambetter from Arizona Complete Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 536.42 · Plan count: 16 Ambetter from Arkansas Health & Wellness, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 647.7 · Plan count: 7 Ambetter from Arkansas Health & Wellness, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 560.79 · Plan count: 14 Ambetter from Arkansas Health & Wellness, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 595.39 · Plan count: 10 Ambetter from Buckeye Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 460.62 · Plan count: 16 Ambetter from Louisiana Healthcare Connections, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 502.65 · Plan count: 16 Ambetter from Meridian, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 450.93 · Plan count: 9 Ambetter from NH Healthy Families, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 372.16 · Plan count: 18 Ambetter from Sunflower Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 589.36 · Plan count: 16 Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 622.44 · Plan count: 12 Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 545.84 · Plan count: 18 Ambetter Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 578.05 · Plan count: 38 Ambetter Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 637.09 · Plan count: 7 Ambetter Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 421.53 · Plan count: 16 Ambetter Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 525.11 · Plan count: 10 Ambetter Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 529.21 · Plan count: 16 Ambetter Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 624.84 · Plan count: 14 Ambetter Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 616.19 · Plan count: 16 Ambetter Health of Delaware, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 563.58 · Plan count: 17 Ambetter of Alabama, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 536.92 · Plan count: 18 Ambetter of North Carolina, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 506.37 · Plan count: 29 Ambetter of Oklahoma, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 492.29 · Plan count: 20 Ambetter of Tennessee, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 591.28 · Plan count: 16 AmeriHealth Caritas Next, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 563.9 · Plan count: 8 AmeriHealth Caritas Next, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 550.65 · Plan count: 8 AmeriHealth Caritas Next, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 526.56 · Plan count: 8 AmeriHealth Caritas Next, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 524.12 · Plan count: 8 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 398.29 · Plan count: 15 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 560.84 · Plan count: 20 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 344.91 · Plan count: 12 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 482.8 · Plan count: 11 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 602.35 · Plan count: 54 Antidote Health Plan of Arizona, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 438.26 · Plan count: 16 Antidote Health Plan of Ohio, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 482.08 · Plan count: 15 Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 502.39 · Plan count: 7 Aspirus Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 500.85 · Plan count: 12 Avera Health Plans, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 436.94 · Plan count: 12 Avera Health Plans, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 552.13 · Plan count: 35 AvMed, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 749.76 · Plan count: 64 Baylor Scott and White Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 591.38 · Plan count: 10 Blue Care Network of Michigan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 518.65 · Plan count: 20 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 526.64 · Plan count: 14 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 487.97 · Plan count: 9 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 610.66 · Plan count: 14 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 676.79 · Plan count: 9 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 766.79 · Plan count: 8 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 572.11 · Plan count: 67 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 611.55 · Plan count: 117 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 744.21 · Plan count: 78 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 663.96 · Plan count: 92 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 589.39 · Plan count: 546 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 709.43 · Plan count: 115 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Mutual Insurance Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 602.58 · Plan count: 9 Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 467.2 · Plan count: 14 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 829.49 · Plan count: 11 BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 509.2 · Plan count: 74 BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 583.62 · Plan count: 96 BridgeSpan Health Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 609.41 · Plan count: 3 BridgeSpan Health Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 729.64 · Plan count: 3 Capital Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 567.32 · Plan count: 8 CareSource, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 575.81 · Plan count: 22 CareSource, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 627.69 · Plan count: 21 CareSource, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 883.5 · Plan count: 22 CareSource (Common Ground Healthcare), Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 484.86 · Plan count: 18 CHRISTUS Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 501.26 · Plan count: 15 CHRISTUS Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 441.01 · Plan count: 18 Cigna Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 608.59 · Plan count: 26 Cigna Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 478.6 · Plan count: 18 Cigna Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 561.14 · Plan count: 10 Cigna Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 741.46 · Plan count: 17 Cigna Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 572.4 · Plan count: 10 Cigna Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 648.53 · Plan count: 22 Cigna HealthCare of Arizona, Inc, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 601 · Plan count: 16 Cigna HealthCare of Florida, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 658.07 · Plan count: 5 Community First, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 487.69 · Plan count: 4 Community Health Choice, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 503.61 · Plan count: 11 Community Health Choice, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 420.05 · Plan count: 6 CommunityCare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 461.77 · Plan count: 14 Cox HealthPlans, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 518.57 · Plan count: 7 Dean Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 466.93 · Plan count: 27 First Choice Next, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 496.32 · Plan count: 8 Florida Blue (BlueCross BlueShield FL), Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 995.18 · Plan count: 33 Florida Blue HMO (a BlueCross BlueShield FL company), Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 731.51 · Plan count: 83 Florida Health Care Plans, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 605.61 · Plan count: 23 Group Health Cooperative-SCW, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 473.45 · Plan count: 21 Harbor Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 530.5 · Plan count: 4 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 524.9 · Plan count: 9 Health Advantage, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 582.08 · Plan count: 8 Health First Commercial Plans, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 497.02 · Plan count: 24 HealthPartners, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 472.48 · Plan count: 16 Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 624.21 · Plan count: 15 Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 785.43 · Plan count: 15 HMO Louisiana, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 535.03 · Plan count: 40 HMSA, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 469.19 · Plan count: 7 Imperial Health Plan of the Southwest, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 641.59 · Plan count: 5 Imperial Insurance Companies, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 544.04 · Plan count: 5 Imperial Insurance Companies, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 496.04 · Plan count: 7 InStil Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 488.61 · Plan count: 5 Kaiser Permanente, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 459.01 · Plan count: 10 Kaiser Permanente, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 443.66 · Plan count: 9 McLaren Health Plan Community, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 505.77 · Plan count: 9 Medica, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 609.91 · Plan count: 45 Medica, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 675.57 · Plan count: 9 Medica, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 553.55 · Plan count: 27 Medica, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 463.2 · Plan count: 9 Medica, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 593.56 · Plan count: 27 Medica, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 896.1 · Plan count: 36 Medica, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 529.35 · Plan count: 27 Medica, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 567.94 · Plan count: 27 MedMutual, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 538.73 · Plan count: 12 Mending Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 579.21 · Plan count: 6 MercyCare Health Plans, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 410.88 · Plan count: 6 Moda Health Plan, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 708.86 · Plan count: 7 Moda Health Plan, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 525.11 · Plan count: 13 Moda Health Plan, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 561.25 · Plan count: 5 Molina Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 607.61 · Plan count: 22 Molina Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 764.27 · Plan count: 2 Molina Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 478.27 · Plan count: 22 Molina Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 489.68 · Plan count: 12 Molina Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 567.8 · Plan count: 12 Molina Healthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 859.58 · Plan count: 8 Mountain Health CO-OP, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 542.84 · Plan count: 15 Network Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 472.17 · Plan count: 26 Octave, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 523.53 · Plan count: 6 Oscar Health Insurance, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 396.37 · Plan count: 16 Oscar Health Maintenance Organization of Florida, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 541.98 · Plan count: 34 Oscar Health Plan of North Carolina, Inc, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 516.66 · Plan count: 22 Oscar Health Plan, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 405.96 · Plan count: 17 Oscar Health Plan, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 537 · Plan count: 7 Oscar Insurance Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 591.49 · Plan count: 9 Oscar Insurance Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 393.13 · Plan count: 26 Oscar Insurance Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 417.59 · Plan count: 6 Oscar Insurance Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 364.31 · Plan count: 8 Oscar Insurance Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 455.9 · Plan count: 11 Oscar Insurance Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 643.25 · Plan count: 20 Oscar Insurance Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 444.53 · Plan count: 14 Oscar Insurance Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 558.12 · Plan count: 15 Oscar Insurance Company, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 513.87 · Plan count: 100 Oscar Insurance Corporation of Ohio, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 597.38 · Plan count: 16 PacificSource Health Plans, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 553.02 · Plan count: 8 PacificSource Health Plans, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 507.94 · Plan count: 9 Paramount, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 552.49 · Plan count: 26 Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 724.05 · Plan count: 8 Priority Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 524.92 · Plan count: 48 Providence Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 554.55 · Plan count: 11 Quartz, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 549.19 · Plan count: 57 Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 536.32 · Plan count: 14 Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 673.24 · Plan count: 8 Sanford Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 449.16 · Plan count: 18 Sanford Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 545.35 · Plan count: 18 Security Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 652.47 · Plan count: 34 Select Health, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 846.64 · Plan count: 21 Sendero Health Plans, Local Nonprofit, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 463.36 · Plan count: 7 SummaCare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 432.28 · Plan count: 17 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 550.49 · Plan count: 13 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 553.15 · Plan count: 14 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 682.8 · Plan count: 17 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 469.76 · Plan count: 12 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 530.25 · Plan count: 15 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 537.92 · Plan count: 15 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 628.26 · Plan count: 13 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 421.77 · Plan count: 13 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 568.34 · Plan count: 13 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 677.72 · Plan count: 15 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 674.01 · Plan count: 13 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 772.65 · Plan count: 14 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 585.27 · Plan count: 17 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 587.26 · Plan count: 13 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 564.82 · Plan count: 17 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 597.27 · Plan count: 12 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 579.03 · Plan count: 20 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 469.17 · Plan count: 11 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 525.99 · Plan count: 13 UnitedHealthcare, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 853.84 · Plan count: 12 University of Utah Health Plans, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 791.94 · Plan count: 12 Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 388.95 · Plan count: 10 Wellmark of South Dakota, Inc., Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 530.26 · Plan count: 14 Wellpoint, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 576.69 · Plan count: 13 WellPoint, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 503.6 · Plan count: 21 WellSense Health Plan, Avg monthly premium, age 27 ($): 297.7 · Plan count: 7
Source: CMS Marketplace Public Use Files (PY2026). Each point is one tracked issuer's average premium and total plan count; BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is highlighted.
Nationwide similar issuers
Frequently Asked Questions Why is BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina's average premium in the lower band? ▼ BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina's age-27 average is $509/mo (bottom third of 183 tracked issuers); $131 below the national Silver average of $640/mo.
How large is BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina's marketplace plan book? ▼ BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina lists 74 marketplace plans (footprint rank #9 of 183; most plans = #1) across 1 state and 46 counties - top-third inventory among tracked issuers.
Where does BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina sell inside its small footprint? ▼ BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina sells in 1 state; largest presence is SC with 1,186 plans (EPO, PPO, HMO, POS networks).
Disclaimer: This page is for informational purposes only. Data comes from CMS Marketplace Public Use Files. PlainHealthPlan is not affiliated with BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina or any insurance company. Premiums shown are base rates and may not reflect your actual cost.