Medicare Advantage · State · 2026 plan year

Medicare Advantage in Nebraska

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2026 plan-year files, 54 plans across 93 counties; find your county to compare every plan available where you live.

54
Plans available
3.5★
Avg CMS rating
$29.98
Avg premium/mo
0
5-star plans

The short answer

Nebraska ranks #36 of 49 by Medicare Advantage plan inventory (54 plans) but #48 by average CMS star (3.52★).

#36
inventory rank
54
plans statewide
#48
avg star rank
3.52★
mean CMS rating

Plan inventory and average star are independent CMS signals; a large catalog is not the same as the highest mean quality score.

Product mix · NE plans_unique

How 49 Nebraska plans split by CMS plan type

Exclusive CMS plan-type codes for this state's representative plans_unique rows, orthogonal to the star-bucket chart below. Source: CMS landscape, 2026.

Lower average CMS star band

Nebraska in the narrower-inventory third

Nebraska ranks #48 of 49 rated states by mean CMS star (3.52★) - bottom-third quality band vs the rated corpus. According to CMS 2026 plan-year filings, Nebraska beneficiaries can choose from 54 distinct Medicare Advantage plans marketed across 93 counties - a bottom-third inventory book (#36 of 49); county listings beat the state total here. No plan in this state currently holds the top 5-star tier for the 2026 plan year. County (FIPS) service areas still decide what is sold where you live - open a county below before the October 15 - December 7 Annual Election Period closes.

plans #36/49 · stars #48/49 · 93 counties · avg prem $29.98/mo

Lower-star MA quality band in Nebraska

Nebraska offers 54 Medicare Advantage plans across 93 counties. Mean star 3.5★ on a narrower inventory book (star rank #48/49); sparse markets make each county row more decisive. Confirm premiums and networks on <a class="underline" href="https://www.medicare.gov/plan-compare/" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Medicare.gov Plan Compare</a>.

Where Nebraska sits on CMS quality

Average CMS star rating across the state's own Medicare Advantage plans, against every state and territory in the CMS file

3.52★ Top 96% higher than 4% of 49 states and territories

3.25★–3.5★: 1 states and territories (2%). Below this entry. 3.5★–3.75★: 13 states and territories (27%). This entry sits in this band. 3.75★–4★: 23 states and territories (47%). Above this entry. 4★–4.25★: 10 states and territories (20%). Above this entry. 4.25★–4.5★: 1 states and territories (2%). Above this entry. 4.5★–4.75★: 0 states and territories (0%). Above this entry. 4.75★–5★: 1 states and territories (2%). Above this entry. This state 3.25★ 5★ every state and territory, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states and territories. 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

Counties in Nebraska

Click a county to see all Medicare Advantage plans available in your area.

Adams
32 plans
3.4
$29.05/mo avg
Antelope
32 plans
3.5
$29.28/mo avg
Arthur
7 plans
3.5
$35.07/mo avg
Banner
24 plans
3.5
$21.08/mo avg
Blaine
15 plans
3.3
$27.56/mo avg
Boone
38 plans
3.5
$27.53/mo avg
Box Butte
7 plans
3.7
$41.50/mo avg
Boyd
22 plans
3.7
$28.91/mo avg
Brown
9 plans
3.7
$46.28/mo avg
Buffalo
33 plans
3.5
$30.38/mo avg
Burt
35 plans
3.5
$25.81/mo avg
Butler
40 plans
3.5
$27.59/mo avg
Cass
49 plans
3.5
$26.67/mo avg
Cedar
24 plans
3.6
$36.04/mo avg
Chase
7 plans
3.5
$35.07/mo avg
Cherry
4 plans
4.1
$41.50/mo avg
Cheyenne
17 plans
3.7
$23.59/mo avg
Clay
32 plans
3.5
$29.28/mo avg
Colfax
38 plans
3.5
$23.23/mo avg
Cuming
37 plans
3.5
$28.02/mo avg
Custer
26 plans
3.4
$31.57/mo avg
Dakota
19 plans
3.8
$27.72/mo avg
Dawes
8 plans
3.8
$41.50/mo avg
Dawson
15 plans
3.4
$27.81/mo avg
Deuel
8 plans
3.6
$35.88/mo avg
Dixon
24 plans
3.6
$35.65/mo avg
Dodge
40 plans
3.5
$28.33/mo avg
Douglas
47 plans
3.5
$26.28/mo avg
Dundy
7 plans
3.5
$35.07/mo avg
Fillmore
40 plans
3.5
$23.93/mo avg
Franklin
32 plans
3.5
$29.28/mo avg
Frontier
19 plans
3.4
$34.46/mo avg
Furnas
22 plans
3.4
$34.81/mo avg
Gage
34 plans
3.5
$25.51/mo avg
Garden
4 plans
3.0
$30.25/mo avg
Garfield
29 plans
3.5
$28.38/mo avg
Gosper
21 plans
3.4
$36.46/mo avg
Grant
7 plans
3.5
$35.07/mo avg
Greeley
29 plans
3.5
$28.38/mo avg
Hall
33 plans
3.5
$30.38/mo avg
Hamilton
34 plans
3.5
$29.62/mo avg
Harlan
27 plans
3.5
$32.76/mo avg
Hayes
9 plans
3.4
$34.62/mo avg
Hitchcock
9 plans
3.4
$34.62/mo avg
Holt
25 plans
3.6
$35.77/mo avg
Hooker
4 plans
3.0
$30.25/mo avg
Howard
40 plans
3.5
$27.92/mo avg
Jefferson
39 plans
3.5
$28.41/mo avg
Johnson
34 plans
3.5
$25.51/mo avg
Kearney
31 plans
3.5
$30.09/mo avg
Keith
11 plans
3.5
$32.41/mo avg
Keya Paha
8 plans
3.8
$41.50/mo avg
Kimball
17 plans
3.7
$23.59/mo avg
Knox
29 plans
3.5
$31.59/mo avg
Lancaster
41 plans
3.5
$27.88/mo avg
Lincoln
7 plans
3.0
$27.21/mo avg
Logan
14 plans
3.5
$35.31/mo avg
Loup
18 plans
3.6
$36.28/mo avg
Madison
38 plans
3.5
$27.18/mo avg
McPherson
4 plans
3.0
$30.25/mo avg
Merrick
40 plans
3.5
$27.92/mo avg
Morrill
17 plans
3.7
$23.59/mo avg
Nance
44 plans
3.5
$25.98/mo avg
Nemaha
40 plans
3.5
$27.59/mo avg
Nuckolls
25 plans
3.7
$32.76/mo avg
Otoe
37 plans
3.5
$26.83/mo avg
Pawnee
29 plans
3.6
$32.92/mo avg
Perkins
10 plans
3.5
$35.31/mo avg
Phelps
21 plans
3.4
$36.64/mo avg
Pierce
32 plans
3.5
$29.28/mo avg
Platte
31 plans
3.6
$29.55/mo avg
Polk
40 plans
3.5
$23.93/mo avg
Red Willow
4 plans
3.0
$30.25/mo avg
Richardson
19 plans
3.8
$22.53/mo avg
Rock
16 plans
3.8
$33.31/mo avg
Saline
40 plans
3.5
$23.93/mo avg
Sarpy
47 plans
3.5
$26.28/mo avg
Saunders
47 plans
3.5
$28.00/mo avg
Scotts Bluff
14 plans
3.3
$12.36/mo avg
Seward
40 plans
3.5
$23.93/mo avg
Sheridan
4 plans
3.5
Sherman
32 plans
3.5
$29.28/mo avg
Sioux
11 plans
3.7
$27.67/mo avg
Stanton
32 plans
3.5
$29.28/mo avg
Thayer
36 plans
3.5
$25.48/mo avg
Thomas
7 plans
3.5
$35.07/mo avg
Thurston
29 plans
3.6
$27.64/mo avg
Valley
32 plans
3.5
$29.28/mo avg
Washington
42 plans
3.5
$30.03/mo avg
Wayne
38 plans
3.5
$27.18/mo avg
Webster
32 plans
3.5
$29.28/mo avg
Wheeler
29 plans
3.5
$28.38/mo avg
York
40 plans
3.5
$23.93/mo avg

Narrower markets: star ratings and county rows matter more than state totals.

Note: PlainMedicare provides publicly available CMS data for informational purposes only. This is not medical or insurance advice. Consult a licensed Medicare counselor or insurance agent before making enrollment decisions. Plan availability and premiums change annually, always verify with Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE.
Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved and formatted by PlainMedicare

Using Nebraska's Medicare Advantage market

Plan availability and star ratings vary by county, not just by state.

  • Nebraska beneficiaries can choose from 54 distinct Medicare Advantage plans across 93 counties (#36 of 49 states by plan count) - look up your own county for what's actually sold there. Browse by county
  • The state's mean CMS star rating ranks #48 of 49 - see how star ratings are built before comparing plans. How star ratings work
  • Weigh total cost, not just premium: compare plan details using Medicare.gov before you enroll. Medicare Plan Compare

State-level figures average every county's filings; the plans actually sold where you live can differ from the state total.

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.

CMS lists 131,985 Medicare Advantage and Part D plan records in the current public files. PlainMedicare refreshes this registry with each annual release.