Medicare Advantage · State · 2026 plan year
Medicare Advantage in Wisconsin
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2026 plan-year files, 119 plans across 72 counties; find your county to compare every plan available where you live.
- 119
- Plans available
- 3.9★
- Avg CMS rating
- $38.54
- Avg premium/mo
- 0
- 5-star plans
The short answer
Wisconsin ranks #18 of 49 by Medicare Advantage plan inventory (119 plans) but #17 by average CMS star (3.91★).
- #18
- inventory rank
- 119
- plans statewide
- #17
- avg star rank
- 3.91★
- 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 · WI plans_unique
How 119 Wisconsin 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.
County-level service areas
What the CMS data shows for Wisconsin
Wisconsin lists MA plans across 72 counties · inventory rank #18/49 · star rank #17/49. According to CMS 2026 plan-year filings, Wisconsin beneficiaries can choose from 119 distinct Medicare Advantage plans marketed across 72 counties. 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 #18/49 · stars #17/49 · 72 counties · avg prem $38.54/mo
Medicare Advantage Quality in Wisconsin
Wisconsin offers 119 Medicare Advantage plans across 72 counties. With an average star rating of 3.9 out of 5, Wisconsin's Medicare Advantage landscape sits close to the national rated-plan average of about 3.9 stars. 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 Wisconsin 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
3.91★ Top 33% higher than 67% 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 Wisconsin
Click a county to see all Medicare Advantage plans available in your area.
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Using Wisconsin's Medicare Advantage market
Plan availability and star ratings vary by county, not just by state.
- Wisconsin beneficiaries can choose from 119 distinct Medicare Advantage plans across 72 counties (#18 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 #17 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.