Top Medicare Advantage Plans By State
The table below provides a list of the top Medicare Advantage plans in each state as rated by US News and World Report. The rating system takes into consideration the governments rating on all plans. US News subsequently averaged all the Medicare Advantage Plans offered by the carrier in the state and used the combined metric to determine the top Medicare Advantage Carrier in the state.
Note: states without a Medicare Advantage plan with an average star rating of at least 4.5 are not listed.
| State | Medicare Advantage Plan | Average Star Ranking (1-5) |
| Alabama | Aetna Medicare | 4.50 |
| Arizona | CIGNA | 5.00 |
| California | Kaiser Permanente | 5.00 |
| Colorado | Kaiser Permanente Erickson Advantage |
5.00 |
| Delaware | Humana | 4.50 |
| District of Columbia | Kaiser Permanente | 5.00 |
| Florida | AHF Capital Health Plan CarePlus Health Plans HealthSpring of Florida HealthSun Health Plans |
4.50 |
| Georgia | Kaiser Permanente | 4.50 |
| Hawaii | Kaiser Permanente | 5.00 |
| Idaho | UnitedHealthCare | 4.50 |
| Illinois | Essence HealthCare | 5.00 |
| Indiana | Aetna Medicare | 4.50 |
| Iowa | Gunderson Health Plan | 5.00 |
| Kansas | Erickson Advantage | 5.00 |
| Louisiana | Humana | 4.50 |
| Maine | Martin’s Point Generations Advantage | 4.90 |
| Maryland | Erickson Advantage Kaiser Permanente |
5.00 |
| Massachusetts | Erickson Advantage Tufts Health Plan / Tufts Medicare Preferred |
5.00 |
| Michigan | Erickson Advantage | 5.00 |
| Minnesota | HealthPartners South Country Health Alliance UCare |
4.50 |
| Missouri | Essence HealthCare | 5.00 |
| Montana | Humana | 4.50 |
| Nevada | UnitedHealthCare | 4.50 |
| New Hampshire | Martin’s Point Generations Advantage | 4.75 |
| New Jersey | Erickson Advantage | 5.00 |
| New Mexico | Presbyterian Senior Care | 4.50 |
| New York | CDPHP Medicare Choices Independent Health |
4.50 |
| North Carolina | Coventry HealthCare | 4.50 |
| Ohio | Coventry HealthCare Primetime Health Plan |
4.50 |
| Oregon | Kaiser Permanente | 5.00 |
| Pennsylvania | Erickson Advantage | 5.00 |
| South Dakota | Coventry Health Care | 4.50 |
| Tennessee | Cariten Health Plan Cigna- Healthspring UnitedHealthCare |
4.50 |
| Texas | Erickson Advantage | 5.00 |
| Utah | Aetna Medicare Regence BlueCross BlueShield UnitedHealthCare |
4.50 |
| Virginia | Erickson Advantage Kaiser Permanente |
5.00 |
| Washington | Kaiser Permanente | 5.00 |
| Wisconsin | Gunderson Health Plan HealthPartners |
5.00 |