Medicare Advantage insurer · Part of CVS Health Corporation · 2026
Aetna Medicare
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2026 plan-year files, Aetna Medicare markets 629 Medicare Advantage plans across 41 states; average CMS star rating 4.0★.
- 629
- Plans offered
- 4.0★
- Avg: Above average
- 41
- States covered
- 0
- 5-star plans
The short answer
Aetna Medicare ranks #3 of 288 Medicare Advantage insurers by plan inventory (629 plans) but #64 by average CMS star (4.02★).
- #3
- inventory rank
- 629
- plans offered
- #64
- avg star rank
- 4.02★
- mean CMS rating
CMS assigns star ratings at the contract level; inventory breadth and average quality move on different axes.
Product mix · this insurer
How 629 Aetna Medicare plans split by CMS plan type
Exclusive plan-type inventory for this organization in plans_unique, orthogonal to the star-distribution chart below.
Wider MA inventory book
Aetna Medicare in the wider-inventory third
Aetna Medicare ranks #3 of 288 insurers by plan count (629 MA plans) - top-third inventory breadth in the CMS file. Aetna Medicare markets 629 Medicare Advantage plans across 41 states and 2,110 counties - a top-third inventory book (#3 of 288 by plan count). Inside the CVS Health Corporation family. Product mix Local PPO, HMO POS, HMO; 0 plans at 5 stars. Enrollment is not disclosed in the public file for this plan year. According to PlainMedicare's CMS plan-year corpus ranking, Aetna Medicare ranks #3 of 288 Medicare Advantage insurers by plan count and #64 of 212 by average CMS star rating. Figures are CMS public-use data, informational only, not counseling.
BONUS-TIER · COAST-TO-COAST · MEGA-BOOK · MIXED-BOOK · plans #3/288 · stars #64/212
States Covered
Where Aetna Medicare sits on CMS quality
Average CMS star rating across the insurer's own Medicare Advantage plans, against every rated insurer in the CMS file
4.02★ Top 30% higher than 70% of 212 Medicare Advantage insurers
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Source CMS Medicare Advantage Star Ratings 2026 · 2026-09-01
Plans Offered by Aetna Medicare
| Plan Name | Type | State | Stars | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | 4.5 | View details → | |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO POS | 3.0 | View details → | |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH, INC. (LA) | HMO | AL | 3.5 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH, INC. (LA) | HMO | AL | 3.5 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH, INC. (LA) | HMO | AL | 3.5 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH, INC. (LA) | HMO | AL | 3.5 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AR | 4.0 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AR | 4.0 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AR | 4.0 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AR | 4.0 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AR | 4.0 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AR | 4.0 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AR | 4.0 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF MISSOURI, INC. | HMO POS | AR | 4.0 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF MISSOURI, INC. | HMO | AR | 4.0 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF MISSOURI, INC. | HMO | AR | 4.0 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF MISSOURI, INC. | HMO | AR | 4.0 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF KANSAS, INC. | HMO | AR | 3.5 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF KANSAS, INC. | HMO | AR | 3.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AZ | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AZ | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AZ | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | AZ | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO | AZ | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO | AZ | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO | AZ | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO | AZ | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF OKLAHOMA INC. | HMO | AZ | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF OKLAHOMA INC. | HMO | AZ | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CA | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CA | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CA | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CA | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CA | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CA | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CA | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CA | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CA | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CA | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO POS | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO POS | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO POS | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO POS | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO POS | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO POS | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO POS | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO POS | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO POS | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO POS | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA INC. | HMO POS | CA | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CO | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CO | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CO | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | CO | 4.5 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF NEBRASKA, INC. | HMO POS | CO | 3.5 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF NEBRASKA, INC. | HMO POS | CO | 3.5 | View details → |
| COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF NEBRASKA, INC. | HMO | CO | 3.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO POS | CO | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO POS | CO | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO | CO | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO | CO | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | DE | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO | DE | 4.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO | DE | 4.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO | DE | 4.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO | DE | 4.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA) | HMO | DE | 3.0 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO POS | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
| AETNA HEALTH INC. (FL) | HMO | FL | 4.5 | View details → |
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Nationwide insurers with similar Medicare Advantage scale or CMS quality
Data-derived peers across the CMS organization file: nearest MA plan inventory and nearest average CMS star rating. Not parent-org containment or same-state footprint overlap.
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Read with Aetna Medicare
ABS(plans_count) peers first, then an ABS(avg_star) quality pole and a stamp-branched guide, not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps BONUS-TIER · COAST-TO-COAST · MEGA-BOOK · MIXED-BOOK.
ABS(plans_count) peer at 768 MA plans (Δ 139 wider vs Aetna Medicare); PRE-BONUS · COAST-TO-COAST vs this page's BONUS-TIER · COAST-TO-COAST · MEGA-BOOK.
ABS(plans_count) peer at 770 MA plans (Δ 141 wider vs Aetna Medicare); BONUS-TIER · COAST-TO-COAST vs this page's BONUS-TIER · COAST-TO-COAST · MEGA-BOOK.
ABS(plans_count) peer at 416 MA plans (Δ 213 tighter vs Aetna Medicare); BONUS-TIER · COAST-TO-COAST vs this page's BONUS-TIER · COAST-TO-COAST · MEGA-BOOK.
ABS(plans_count) peer at 192 MA plans (Δ 437 tighter vs Aetna Medicare); PRE-BONUS · COAST-TO-COAST vs this page's BONUS-TIER · COAST-TO-COAST · MEGA-BOOK.
ABS(avg_star) pole at 4.0★ (Δ 0.0 vs Aetna Medicare's BONUS-TIER): CONTRACT-THIN · ONE-STATE.
Aetna Medicare stamps BONUS-TIER · MEGA-BOOK; bonus-tier contracts still vary by county formulary and provider lock-in.
Using Aetna Medicare's plan lineup
Star rating and plan availability, not the insurer's size alone.
- Aetna Medicare ranks 64 of 212 insurers by average CMS star rating (4.0★ average) - compare against the plans available in your own county. How star ratings work
- Weigh total cost, not just premium: compare plan details using Medicare.gov before you enroll. Medicare Plan Compare
- Check that your doctors and drugs are in-network before you enroll, and confirm the plan on Medicare.gov. Choosing a plan
Insurer-level averages combine every plan the organization files with CMS; the plan sold in your county may differ.
PlainMedicare is rendered directly from CMS Medicare Advantage and Part D public files, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a correction. Data current as of 2026-09-01.