Medicare Advantage

Akron's 2026 Medicare Advantage plans, sorted by insurer (full list)

People in Akron can choose from 100 Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, against 113 this year. 30 of this year’s plans are gone, 17 are new to Summit County, and 37 that continue have changed their premium, deductible, plan type or name, 5 of them under a new name.

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Shopping for a Medicare Advantage plan in Akron for 2026? The lineup is set, and it's a big one. Summit County has 113 Medicare Advantage plans on the shelf next year from 17 different carriers, and the table further down this page lists every single one, spelled the way you'll see it on Medicare's Plan Finder, with its plan type and whether it includes drug coverage.

This piece walks through that roster carrier by carrier so you can see who is offering what in the area, and then points you to the official tools where you can compare the actual benefits and costs for your ZIP code.

How Akron's 2026 lineup breaks down

Akron sits in Summit County, and Medicare Advantage availability is set at the county level. For 2026, that means 113 plans across three plan types:

• 47 HMOs
• 26 HMO-POS plans
• 40 PPOs

Of those, 38 are Special Needs Plans (SNPs) — plans built for people who qualify because of a chronic condition (C-SNP), because they have both Medicare and Medicaid (D-SNP), or because they live in an institution or need that level of care (I-SNP). Every one of the 113 plans includes Part D prescription drug coverage.

Who's selling Medicare Advantage in the area

Seventeen carriers are offering MA-PD plans in Summit County for 2026. Listed alphabetically, the count from each is:

• Aetna (CVS Health): 9 plans
• Blue Cross Blue Shield (HCSC): 5 plans
• CareSource MyCare Ohio (HMO D-SNP): 1 plan
• Centene (WellCare): 5 plans
• Communicare Advantage: 1 plan
• Devoted Health: 11 plans
• Elevance Health (Anthem): 9 plans
• Humana: 24 plans
• Medical Mutual of Ohio: 8 plans
• Molina Healthcare of Ohio: 1 plan
• Perennial Advantage: 3 plans
• PrimeTime Health Plan: 4 plans
• SummaCare Medicare Advantage Plans: 7 plans
• The Health Plan: 5 plans
• UnitedHealthcare: 14 plans
• Valor Health Plan: 1 plan
• Zing Health: 5 plans

Some of these are national names you'll recognize (Aetna, Humana, UnitedHealthcare, Anthem). Others are Ohio-rooted (Medical Mutual, SummaCare, PrimeTime). And several are Special Needs Plans from smaller carriers such as CareSource, CommuniCare, Molina and Valor that only serve specific populations.

What the plan types mean

You'll see three types across the roster:

• HMO — you generally pick a primary care doctor and use the plan's network. Referrals are common.
• HMO-POS — an HMO with a "point of service" feature that lets you go out of network for certain services, usually at a higher cost.
• PPO — more flexibility to see out-of-network providers, typically at a higher cost share.

The full table below shows each plan's exact type, including SNP designations like C-SNP, D-SNP and I-SNP where they apply.

What "with drug coverage" means for 2026

Every Medicare Advantage plan in the Summit County roster includes Part D coverage. That matters because there are no stand-alone Part D plans listed for the area in the 2026 landscape data. If you want prescription coverage through a Medicare plan here, an MA-PD is the path shown in the data.

A few Part D program rules apply no matter which plan you pick:

• The Part D out-of-pocket cap for 2026 is $2,100. Once your covered drug costs hit that amount, you pay $0 for covered drugs the rest of the year.
• The Part D maximum deductible for 2026 is $615. Individual plans may set a lower one.
• The old coverage gap ("donut hole") was eliminated in 2025. Part D now has three phases instead of four.
• The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan is available if you want to spread your drug costs across the year in monthly installments instead of paying at the pharmacy counter.

Higher earners may also pay an IRMAA surcharge on Part B and Part D; that starts above $109,000 in income for a single filer in 2026.

Star Ratings in the area

CMS publishes Star Ratings each year to help people compare plan quality on measures like customer service and preventive care. In this area, no contracts are rated 4 stars or higher for the current cycle in the data we're using. Ratings can shift from year to year, so it's worth checking the current rating on Medicare's Plan Finder before you enroll.

How to actually compare plans

Availability data — which plans exist in your county — is public information from CMS. Costs, copays, drug formularies, provider networks and extra benefits are not something we'll list here plan by plan; those come from the plan's own documents and change year to year. Two official places to look:

• medicare.gov/plan-compare — enter your ZIP code and, if you want, your prescription list. You'll get side-by-side premiums, deductibles, drug costs and star ratings for every plan in the roster below.
• 1-800-MEDICARE — 24/7, free.
• Ohio SHIP (OSHIIP) — Ohio's State Health Insurance Assistance Program offers free, unbiased one-on-one counseling for Medicare decisions.

Key dates to remember

• Oct. 15 – Dec. 7: Medicare Annual Enrollment Period. You can join, switch or drop a Medicare Advantage or Part D plan. Changes take effect Jan. 1.
• Jan. 1 – March 31: Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period. If you're already in a Medicare Advantage plan on Jan. 1, you get one chance to switch to a different MA plan or move back to Original Medicare (with a Part D plan if needed).