Medicare Advantage · State · 2026 plan year
Medicare Advantage in South Carolina
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2026 plan-year files, 92 plans across 46 counties; find your county to compare every plan available where you live.
- 92
- Plans available
- 4.1★
- Avg CMS rating
- $13.83
- Avg premium/mo
- 2
- 5-star plans
The short answer
South Carolina ranks #25 of 49 by Medicare Advantage plan inventory (92 plans) but #8 by average CMS star (4.06★).
- #25
- inventory rank
- 92
- plans statewide
- #8
- avg star rank
- 4.06★
- 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 · SC plans_unique
How 89 South Carolina 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
South Carolina in the higher-star third
South Carolina ranks #8 of 49 rated states by mean CMS star (4.06★) - top-third quality band. South Carolina's mean CMS star 4.06★ sits in the higher-star third of rated states (#8 of 49). 2 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 #25/49 · stars #8/49 · 46 counties · avg prem $13.83/mo
Higher-star MA quality band in South Carolina
South Carolina offers 92 Medicare Advantage plans across 46 counties. Mean star 4.1★ places South Carolina in the higher-star third (#8 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 South Carolina 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
4.06★ Top 12% higher than 88% of 49 states and territories
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Source CMS Medicare Advantage Star Ratings 2026 · 2026-09-01
Counties in South Carolina
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Using South Carolina's Medicare Advantage market
Plan availability and star ratings vary by county, not just by state.
- South Carolina beneficiaries can choose from 92 distinct Medicare Advantage plans across 46 counties (#25 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 #8 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.