Medicare Advantage

SCAN Health Plan Medicare Advantage in California for 2027: 64 Plans, County by County

CALIFORNIA — SCAN Health Plan will offer 64 Medicare Advantage plans across California for the 2027 plan year, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Advantage Landscape Source File. Those plans are listed statewide, but each one is sold county by county, so a plan listed here may not be offered where you live. This article is published by an independent Medicare education site; we are privately owned and are not the government, not affiliated with it, and not affiliated with SCAN Health Plan or any other insurance carrier.

What SCAN Health Plan offers in California for 2027

For the 2027 plan year, SCAN Health Plan's California lineup includes 64 Medicare Advantage plans. By plan type, that breaks down to 62 HMO plans and 2 HMO-POS plans. All 64 plans include prescription drug coverage.

Twenty of SCAN's 64 plans are Special Needs Plans, which are designed for people who meet specific eligibility rules. Those include 2 Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) for people with both Medicare and Medicaid, 13 Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans (C-SNPs) for people with qualifying chronic conditions, and 5 Institutional Special Needs Plans (I-SNPs) for people who meet an institutional-level-of-care standard.

For context, CMS lists 35 other Medicare Advantage carriers operating somewhere in California for 2027, and 394 Medicare Advantage plans altogether statewide. SCAN is one carrier among many; what matters most is which of its plans — if any — reach your specific county.

SCAN plans with the widest county reach

The companion table on this page shows every SCAN plan sold in California for 2027 and how many counties each one covers. A few of the broadest footprints:

• SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) appears with county reaches of 14 counties and 6 counties on two separate plan listings — the widest statewide footprint in SCAN's 2027 California lineup.
• SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP), SCAN Classic (HMO), SCAN Connections (HMO D-SNP), SCAN Connections at Home (HMO D-SNP), SCAN Costco Medicare Advantage (HMO), and SCAN Inclusive (HMO) each include listings offered in 4 counties.
• SCAN Prime (HMO) and Sutter Senior Advantage, a SCAN Medicare Plan (HMO) each include listings offered in 3 counties.

Many other SCAN plans — including CareMore Health Plan by SCAN (HMO), SCAN Alta (HMO), SCAN Ansim Care (HMO C-SNP), SCAN Baekse (HMO), SCAN Desert Choice (HMO), SCAN Embrace (HMO I-SNP and HMO-POS I-SNP), SCAN Embrace Together (HMO I-SNP and HMO-POS I-SNP), SCAN Essential Savings (HMO), SCAN Inspired by women for women (HMO), SCAN Select (HMO), SCAN Venture (HMO), and SCAN Allied (HMO) — are listed in 1 or 2 counties. Check the table to see which specific listing applies to your county.

What's new, and what's not returning

SCAN Health Plan is introducing 22 new plans in California for 2027. Those include new HMO offerings under the SCAN Costco Medicare Advantage (HMO) name across several counties, new SCAN Inclusive (HMO) listings, additional SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) listings, a new SCAN Ansim Care (HMO C-SNP), a new SCAN Baekse (HMO), a new SCAN Select (HMO), a new SCAN Classic (HMO), and new Sutter Senior Advantage, a SCAN Medicare Plan (HMO) listings. One listing — Sutter Senior Advantage, a SCAN Medicare Plan (HMO) — is a rename of the former SCAN Compass (HMO).

Ten of SCAN's 2026 California plans are not returning for 2027. If you're currently enrolled in a SCAN plan, you should receive an Annual Notice of Change from the carrier describing whether your specific plan is continuing, changing, being renamed, or ending for 2027.

Checking whether a plan is offered in your county — and covers your doctors and prescriptions

Because every Medicare Advantage plan in the CMS file is sold on a county-by-county basis, the single most important step before enrolling is confirming local availability.

1. Go to medicare.gov and use the Medicare Plan Finder. Enter your ZIP code and county to see which SCAN plans are actually offered where you live. 2. On each plan's detail page, review the provider directory to see whether your doctors, hospitals, and specialists are in-network. 3. Enter your prescriptions to see whether each medication is on that plan's formulary and how it's covered. 4. For the most authoritative detail, request the plan's Evidence of Coverage and pharmacy and provider directories directly from SCAN Health Plan.

We don't publish premiums, copays, deductibles, benefits, networks, or star ratings on this page — those details live on medicare.gov and in the plan's own documents, which are the sources CMS points consumers to.

What to do before December 7

The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period runs October 15 – December 7, 2026. Any Medicare Advantage enrollment or change made during that window takes effect January 1, 2027. A simple checklist:

• Read your current plan's Annual Notice of Change if you're already enrolled.
• Make a list of your doctors, hospitals, and prescriptions.
• Use medicare.gov to compare the plans available in your county side by side.
• If you qualify for a Special Needs Plan — a D-SNP, C-SNP, or I-SNP — confirm that you meet the eligibility rules for that plan.
• Keep notes and confirmation numbers from any call you make.

There's no need to rush; the deadline is a date, not a countdown.

Where to get free help

Two no-cost, non-commercial resources are available to every person with Medicare in California:

• Medicare.gov — the official site, including the Medicare Plan Finder for county-level plan details.
• 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) — available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with TTY service at 1-877-486-2048.

For plan-specific questions — formularies, provider networks, Evidence of Coverage — contact SCAN Health Plan directly using the phone number listed on medicare.gov.