State guide · North Dakota · 2027 plan year
Original Medicare vs Medicare Advantage in North Dakota
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 North Dakota, 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 North Dakota 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 North Dakota
32 local guides. The number shows the 2027 Medicare Advantage plans in each guide.
- Barnes County7 plans
- Burleigh County12 plans
- Cass County8 plans
- Dickey County3 plans
- Eddy County3 plans
- Emmons County3 plans
- Foster County3 plans
- Grand Forks County9 plans
- Grant County3 plans
- Griggs County5 plans
- Kidder County6 plans
- LaMoure County3 plans
- Logan County3 plans
- McHenry County3 plans
- McIntosh County3 plans
- McLean County8 plans
- Mercer County5 plans
- Morton County9 plans
- Nelson County5 plans
- Oliver County5 plans
- Pembina County3 plans
- Ramsey County2 plans
- Ransom County8 plans
- Richland County5 plans
- Sargent County3 plans
- Sheridan County3 plans
- Sioux County3 plans
- Steele County5 plans
- Stutsman County12 plans
- Traill County8 plans
- Walsh County8 plans
- Wells County3 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 North Dakota, 9 drug plans are for sale for 2027, from $5.30 to $222.90 a month. Half of them cost $33.30 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 North Dakota.
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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