State guide · Colorado · 2027 plan year
Original Medicare vs Medicare Advantage in Colorado
Medicare Advantage plans differ from county to county. Each guide below lists the 2027 plans on this site for one county, next to Original Medicare with Medigap: premiums, the yearly limit, star ratings, prior authorization, and the yearly cost.
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In most states, including Colorado, you cannot count on getting Medigap later
You can buy any Medigap plan with no health questions in the 6 months that start when you are 65 or older and have Part B. After that, a Medigap company in Colorado can ask about your health. It can say no, or it can charge you more. So if you join a Medicare Advantage plan now, you may not be able to get Medigap later.
One exception is the trial right. If you joined Medicare Advantage when you first got Medicare at 65, or you left a Medigap plan to try Medicare Advantage for the first time, you can switch back within 12 months. Then you can buy a Medigap plan with no health questions.
Read about Medigap rights on Medicare.govCounties with a guide in Colorado
52 local guides. The number shows the 2027 Medicare Advantage plans in each guide.
- Adams County36 plans
- Arapahoe County33 plans
- Archuleta County3 plans
- Bent County8 plans
- Boulder County33 plans
- Broomfield County32 plans
- Chaffee County5 plans
- Clear Creek County18 plans
- Conejos County10 plans
- Costilla County9 plans
- Crowley County9 plans
- Custer County8 plans
- Delta County10 plans
- Denver County35 plans
- Dolores County3 plans
- Douglas County32 plans
- El Paso County25 plans
- Elbert County16 plans
- Fremont County23 plans
- Gilpin County15 plans
- Grand County11 plans
- Gunnison County9 plans
- Hinsdale County9 plans
- Huerfano County8 plans
- Jackson County8 plans
- Jefferson County37 plans
- Kiowa County5 plans
- La Plata County7 plans
- Lake County7 plans
- Larimer County24 plans
- Las Animas County5 plans
- Lincoln County8 plans
- Logan County4 plans
- Mesa County13 plans
- Mineral County9 plans
- Montezuma County2 plans
- Montrose County7 plans
- Morgan County4 plans
- Otero County4 plans
- Ouray County9 plans
- Park County15 plans
- Pitkin County6 plans
- Pueblo County23 plans
- Rio Blanco County3 plans
- Routt County1 plans
- Saguache County8 plans
- San Juan County9 plans
- San Miguel County3 plans
- Summit County8 plans
- Teller County21 plans
- Washington County8 plans
- Weld County25 plans
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A higher drug plan premium is not, by itself, a reason to switch
With Original Medicare, you buy a separate drug plan. In Colorado, 8 drug plans are for sale for 2027, from $5.30 to $260.20 a month. Half of them cost $114.40 a month or less.
- Every 2027 drug plan limits what you pay for covered drugs to $2,400 a year. The drug coverage in Medicare Advantage plans has the same limit.
- The premium is one part of your yearly cost. Each county guide adds premiums, medical costs, and drug costs, so you can see the whole year.
- A Medicare Advantage plan can cost less in a light year. But you also take on its network and prior authorization rules, and you may not be able to get Medigap later.
- If your income is limited, Extra Help can pay most of your drug plan premium and drug costs. Check Extra Help at SSA.gov
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Sources and method
Plan data comes from the CMS 2027 Plan Benefit Package and landscape files. The data is from 2026-10-10. Drug plan premiums come from the CMS 2027 landscape file for Colorado.
These are estimates, not quotes, and they are for education only. Check every number with Medicare and with the plan before you choose. What you pay depends on your doctors and hospitals, your drugs and pharmacy, and the care you use. Plans can change their benefits, premiums, drug lists, and networks each year.
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