Medicare Advantage insurer · Part of Missouri Healthcare Advisors, LLC · 2026

NHC Advantage

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2026 plan-year files, NHC Advantage markets 2 Medicare Advantage plans across 4 states; average CMS star rating 5.0★.

2
Plans offered
5.0★
Avg: Top-rated
4
States covered
2
5-star plans

The short answer

NHC Advantage ranks #213 of 288 Medicare Advantage insurers by plan inventory (2 plans) but #7 by average CMS star (5.00★).

#213
inventory rank
2
plans offered
#7
avg star rank
5.00★
mean CMS rating

CMS assigns star ratings at the contract level; inventory breadth and average quality move on different axes.

Higher average CMS star band

NHC Advantage in the narrower-inventory third

NHC Advantage ranks #7 of 212 rated insurers by mean CMS star (5.00★) - top-third quality band. NHC Advantage markets 2 Medicare Advantage plans across 4 states and 89 counties - a bottom-third inventory book (#213 of 288); county listings beat brand scale here. Inside the Missouri Healthcare Advisors, LLC family. Product mix HMO; 2 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, NHC Advantage ranks #213 of 288 Medicare Advantage insurers by plan count and #7 of 212 by average CMS star rating. Figures are CMS public-use data, informational only, not counseling.

TOP-TIER · MULTI-STATE · CONTRACT-THIN · HMO-BOOK · plans #213/288 · stars #7/212

States Covered

MO NC SC TN

Where NHC Advantage sits on CMS quality

Average CMS star rating across the insurer's own Medicare Advantage plans, against every rated insurer in the CMS file

5★ Top 1% higher than 100% of 212 Medicare Advantage insurers

2.25★–2.5★: 1 Medicare Advantage insurers (0%). Below this entry. 2.5★–2.75★: 7 Medicare Advantage insurers (3%). Below this entry. 2.75★–3★: 3 Medicare Advantage insurers (1%). Below this entry. 3★–3.25★: 37 Medicare Advantage insurers (17%). Below this entry. 3.25★–3.5★: 7 Medicare Advantage insurers (3%). Below this entry. 3.5★–3.75★: 50 Medicare Advantage insurers (24%). Below this entry. 3.75★–4★: 9 Medicare Advantage insurers (4%). Below this entry. 4★–4.25★: 44 Medicare Advantage insurers (21%). Below this entry. 4.25★–4.5★: 8 Medicare Advantage insurers (4%). Below this entry. 4.5★–4.75★: 36 Medicare Advantage insurers (17%). Below this entry. 4.75★–5★: 1 Medicare Advantage insurers (0%). Below this entry. 5★–5.25★: 9 Medicare Advantage insurers (4%). This entry sits in this band. This insurer 2.25★ 5.25★ every rated insurer, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more Medicare Advantage insurers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source CMS Medicare Advantage Star Ratings 2026 · 2026-09-01

Plans Offered by NHC Advantage

Plan Name Type State Stars Action
NHC ADVANTAGE, LLC HMO TN 5.0 View details →
NHC ADVANTAGE, LLC HMO TN 5.0 View details →
Note: PlainMedicare provides CMS data for informational purposes only. This is not medical or insurance advice. Contact the insurer directly or visit Medicare.gov to confirm plan availability and current benefits in your county.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Read with NHC Advantage

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 · MULTI-STATE · CONTRACT-THIN · HMO-BOOK.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico · CONTRACT-THIN

ABS(plans_count) peer at 2 MA plans (Δ 0 wider vs NHC Advantage); BELOW-PAR · ONE-STATE vs this page's TOP-TIER · MULTI-STATE · CONTRACT-THIN.
AlohaCare · CONTRACT-THIN

ABS(plans_count) peer at 2 MA plans (Δ 0 wider vs NHC Advantage); PRE-BONUS · ONE-STATE vs this page's TOP-TIER · MULTI-STATE · CONTRACT-THIN.
American Health Advantage of Missouri · CONTRACT-THIN

ABS(plans_count) peer at 2 MA plans (Δ 0 wider vs NHC Advantage); UNRATED · ONE-STATE vs this page's TOP-TIER · MULTI-STATE · CONTRACT-THIN.
American Health Advantage of Utah · CONTRACT-THIN

ABS(plans_count) peer at 2 MA plans (Δ 0 wider vs NHC Advantage); UNRATED · REGIONAL vs this page's TOP-TIER · MULTI-STATE · CONTRACT-THIN.
MCS Classicare (quality pole)

ABS(avg_star) pole at 5.0★ (Δ 0.0 vs NHC Advantage's TOP-TIER): CONTRACT-WIDE · ONE-STATE.
Plan pick checklist · TOP-TIER

NHC Advantage stamps TOP-TIER · CONTRACT-THIN; bonus-tier contracts still vary by county formulary and provider lock-in.
Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainMedicare

Using NHC Advantage's plan lineup

Star rating and plan availability, not the insurer's size alone.

  • NHC Advantage ranks 7 of 212 insurers by average CMS star rating (5.0★ 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.