Medicare Advantage insurer · Part of CAPITAL BLUE CROSS · 2026
Capital Blue Cross
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2026 plan-year files, Capital Blue Cross markets 10 Medicare Advantage plans across 1 state; average CMS star rating 4.5★.
- 10
- Plans offered
- 4.5★
- Avg: Top-rated
- 1
- States covered
- 0
- 5-star plans
The short answer
Capital Blue Cross ranks #61 of 288 Medicare Advantage insurers by plan inventory (10 plans) but #24 by average CMS star (4.50★).
- #61
- inventory rank
- 10
- plans offered
- #24
- avg star rank
- 4.50★
- 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 10 Capital Blue Cross plans split by CMS plan type
Exclusive plan-type inventory for this organization in plans_unique, orthogonal to the star-distribution chart below.
Higher average CMS star band
Capital Blue Cross in the wider-inventory third
Capital Blue Cross ranks #24 of 212 rated insurers by mean CMS star (4.50★) - top-third quality band. Capital Blue Cross markets 10 Medicare Advantage plans across 1 state and 21 counties - a top-third inventory book (#61 of 288 by plan count). Inside the CAPITAL BLUE CROSS family. Product mix Local PPO, 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, Capital Blue Cross ranks #61 of 288 Medicare Advantage insurers by plan count and #24 of 212 by average CMS star rating. Figures are CMS public-use data, informational only, not counseling.
TOP-TIER · ONE-STATE · CONTRACT-MID · MIXED-BOOK · plans #61/288 · stars #24/212
States Covered
Where Capital Blue Cross sits on CMS quality
Average CMS star rating across the insurer's own Medicare Advantage plans, against every rated insurer in the CMS file
4.5★ Top 5% higher than 95% of 212 Medicare Advantage insurers
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Source CMS Medicare Advantage Star Ratings 2026 · 2026-09-01
Plans Offered by Capital Blue Cross
| Plan Name | Type | State | Stars | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPITAL ADVANTAGE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | PA | 4.5 | View details → |
| CAPITAL ADVANTAGE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | PA | 4.5 | View details → |
| CAPITAL ADVANTAGE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | PA | 4.5 | View details → |
| CAPITAL ADVANTAGE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | PA | 4.5 | View details → |
| CAPITAL ADVANTAGE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | PA | 4.5 | View details → |
| CAPITAL ADVANTAGE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | PA | 4.5 | View details → |
| CAPITAL ADVANTAGE INSURANCE COMPANY | Local PPO | PA | 4.5 | View details → |
| KEYSTONE HEALTH PLAN CENTRAL, INC. | HMO | PA | 4.5 | View details → |
| KEYSTONE HEALTH PLAN CENTRAL, INC. | HMO | PA | 4.5 | View details → |
| KEYSTONE HEALTH PLAN CENTRAL, INC. | HMO | PA | 4.5 | View details → |
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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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Similar average CMS star rating
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Read with Capital Blue Cross
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 TOP-TIER · ONE-STATE · CONTRACT-MID · MIXED-BOOK.
ABS(plans_count) peer at 10 MA plans (Δ 0 wider vs Capital Blue Cross); BELOW-PAR · REGIONAL vs this page's TOP-TIER · ONE-STATE · CONTRACT-MID.
ABS(plans_count) peer at 10 MA plans (Δ 0 wider vs Capital Blue Cross); PRE-BONUS · REGIONAL vs this page's TOP-TIER · ONE-STATE · CONTRACT-MID.
ABS(plans_count) peer at 10 MA plans (Δ 0 wider vs Capital Blue Cross); PRE-BONUS · ONE-STATE vs this page's TOP-TIER · ONE-STATE · CONTRACT-MID.
ABS(plans_count) peer at 10 MA plans (Δ 0 wider vs Capital Blue Cross); BONUS-TIER · ONE-STATE vs this page's TOP-TIER · ONE-STATE · CONTRACT-MID.
ABS(avg_star) pole at 4.5★ (Δ 0.0 vs Capital Blue Cross's TOP-TIER): MEGA-BOOK · ONE-STATE.
Capital Blue Cross stamps TOP-TIER · CONTRACT-MID; bonus-tier contracts still vary by county formulary and provider lock-in.
Using Capital Blue Cross's plan lineup
Star rating and plan availability, not the insurer's size alone.
- Capital Blue Cross ranks 24 of 212 insurers by average CMS star rating (4.5★ 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.