State guide · Wisconsin · 2027 plan year
Original Medicare vs Medicare Advantage in Wisconsin
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: premiums, the yearly limit, star ratings, prior authorization, and the yearly cost.
Wisconsin sets its own Medigap plans: a basic plan with optional riders, two cost-sharing plans, and a high-deductible plan. These plans are not the plans with letters, such as Plan G and Plan N. We have no prices for these plans, so the totals show Original Medicare without Medigap.
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In most states, including Wisconsin, 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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin
72 local guides. The number shows the 2027 Medicare Advantage plans in each guide.
- Adams County19 plans
- Ashland County10 plans
- Barron County8 plans
- Bayfield County4 plans
- Brown County31 plans
- Buffalo County18 plans
- Burnett County11 plans
- Calumet County29 plans
- Chippewa County11 plans
- Clark County12 plans
- Columbia County28 plans
- Crawford County8 plans
- Dane County27 plans
- Dodge County27 plans
- Door County16 plans
- Douglas County8 plans
- Dunn County11 plans
- Eau Claire County11 plans
- Florence County24 plans
- Fond du Lac County30 plans
- Forest County31 plans
- Grant County6 plans
- Green County27 plans
- Green Lake County16 plans
- Iowa County21 plans
- Iron County12 plans
- Jackson County11 plans
- Jefferson County21 plans
- Juneau County13 plans
- Kenosha County23 plans
- Kewaunee County31 plans
- La Crosse County15 plans
- Lafayette County12 plans
- Langlade County15 plans
- Lincoln County13 plans
- Manitowoc County31 plans
- Marathon County18 plans
- Marinette County32 plans
- Marquette County28 plans
- Menominee County26 plans
- Milwaukee County31 plans
- Monroe County21 plans
- Oconto County25 plans
- Oneida County15 plans
- Outagamie County31 plans
- Ozaukee County31 plans
- Pepin County13 plans
- Pierce County6 plans
- Polk County11 plans
- Portage County30 plans
- Price County9 plans
- Racine County31 plans
- Richland County8 plans
- Rock County21 plans
- Rusk County12 plans
- Sauk County17 plans
- Sawyer County9 plans
- Shawano County35 plans
- Sheboygan County33 plans
- St. Croix County4 plans
- Taylor County11 plans
- Trempealeau County20 plans
- Vernon County10 plans
- Vilas County13 plans
- Walworth County16 plans
- Washburn County9 plans
- Washington County31 plans
- Waukesha County31 plans
- Waupaca County32 plans
- Waushara County28 plans
- Winnebago County31 plans
- Wood County18 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 Wisconsin, 8 drug plans are for sale for 2027, from $5.30 to $189.10 a month. Half of them cost $10.85 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 Wisconsin.
- Medigap plans in Wisconsin: Medicare.gov, Choosing a Medigap Policy (2026), Section 7
- CMS Plan Benefit Package files, 2027
- CMS 2027 landscape files (premiums and limits)
- CMS 2027 plan crosswalk
- CMS 2027 Star Ratings
- 2026 Medicare Trustees Report: projected 2027 Part A and Part B amounts (Tables V.E1 and V.E2)
- CMS 2026 Part A and Part B amounts
- Medicare.gov: Medigap guaranteed issue rights
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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