Medicare Advantage · State · 2026 plan year
Medicare Advantage in Nevada
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2026 plan-year files, 105 plans across 17 counties; find your county to compare every plan available where you live.
- 105
- Plans available
- 4.1★
- Avg CMS rating
- $4.66
- Avg premium/mo
- 15
- 5-star plans
The short answer
Nevada ranks #20 of 49 by Medicare Advantage plan inventory (105 plans) but #5 by average CMS star (4.08★).
- #20
- inventory rank
- 105
- plans statewide
- #5
- avg star rank
- 4.08★
- 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 · NV plans_unique
How 105 Nevada 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.
Higher average CMS star band
Nevada in the higher-star third
Nevada ranks #5 of 49 rated states by mean CMS star (4.08★) - top-third quality band. Nevada's mean CMS star 4.08★ sits in the higher-star third of rated states (#5 of 49). 15 plans reached the top 5-star tier (year-round Special Enrollment rights for those contracts). 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 #20/49 · stars #5/49 · 17 counties · avg prem $4.66/mo
Higher-star MA quality band in Nevada
Nevada offers 105 Medicare Advantage plans across 17 counties. Mean star 4.1★ places Nevada in the higher-star third (#5 of 49). 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 Nevada 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
4.08★ Top 8% higher than 92% of 49 states and territories
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 Nevada
Click a county to see all Medicare Advantage plans available in your area.
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Using Nevada's Medicare Advantage market
Plan availability and star ratings vary by county, not just by state.
- Nevada beneficiaries can choose from 105 distinct Medicare Advantage plans across 17 counties (#20 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 #5 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.