Medicare Advantage Missouri

Medicare Advantage plans are an affordable health insurance option in Missouri, where the average premium price is just $7.67 a month in 2023, per the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Missouri will have 135 Medicare Advantage plans in the state next year, though availability for those plans depends on your zip code.

Every Medicare enrollee in Missouri will have access to at least one Advantage plan, and some will have a variety of options. Big carriers here include UnitedHealthcare/AARP, Aetna, Humana, Cigna and BlueCross BlueShield.

Some Advantage members won’t pay anything extra for their private plans in 2023. At least one private plan with a $0 premium will be available to everyone with Medicare in the Show-Me State.

Every Medicare member pays premiums for Original even with a private plan, but whether you have an additional premium for Advantage depends on the plan you choose.

Nationwide, Medicare Advantage enrollment has increased steadily in the last decade, now accounting for nearly half (45%) of all Medicare members across the country. In Missouri, Medicare Advantage enrollment represented 50% of the total Medicare population in the state in 2022, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Sources
CMS, state data fact sheet released September 29, 2022
Kaiser Family Foundation, “Medicare Advantage in 2022: Enrollment Update and Key Trends”