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2012 Medicare Advantage Plan Cost Comparisons

The COSTSHARE REPORTSM is produced annually by HealthMetrix Research.  All comparisons are based on the current Medicare health plan benefits (effective January 1, 2012) approved by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).  All plans shown include the Medicare prescription drug plan benefits (Part D).

COSTSHARE comparisons are estimates of the annual out-of-pocket costs for Medicare health plan enrollees based on projected health status examples -- GOOD, FAIR, or POOR health.

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Select from the cities below to view the Medicare health plan cost comparisons for 2012.

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Alabama
Birmingham | Mobile | Montgomery

Arizona
Phoenix | Tucson

Arkansas
Little Rock

California
Los Angeles (5 Counties) Los Angeles | Orange | Riverside | San Bernardino | Ventura
Bakersfield | Contra Costa  | Fresno | Modesto | Oakland | Sacramento | San Diego | San Francisco | San Jose | San Mateo

Colorado
Colorado Springs | Denver

Connecticut
Hartford

Florida
Bradenton | Ft. Lauderdale | Fort Myers | Jacksonville | Lakeland | Miami | Naples | Ocala | Orlando | Pensacola | Sarasota | St. Petersburg |
Tampa | Pasco
Tallahassee | West Palm Beach

Georgia
Atlanta | Savannah

Hawaii
Honolulu

Illinois
Champaign | Chicago | Joliet | Peoria

Indiana
Fort Wayne | Indianapolis

Iowa
Des Moines

Kansas
Kansas City | Wichita

Kentucky
Louisville

Louisiana
Baton Rouge | New Orleans

Maine
Portland

Maryland
Baltimore

Massachusetts
Boston (4 Counties) Essex | Middlesex | Norfolk | Suffolk
Worcester

Michigan
Detroit | Grand Rapids | Lansing

Minnesota
Minneapolis | St. Paul

Mississippi
Jackson

Missouri
Kansas City | St. Louis

Nebraska
Omaha

Nevada
Las Vegas

New Jersey
(7 Counties) Bergen | Essex | Hudson | Middlesex | Passaic | Somerset | Union

New Mexico
Albuquerque | Santa Fe

New York
Albany | Buffalo | Rochester | Syracuse

New York City Metro (9 Counties)
Bronx | Kings | Manhattan | Nassau | Queens | Rockland |
Staten Island | Suffolk | Westchester

North Carolina
Charlotte | Greensboro | Raleigh

Ohio
Akron | Canton | Cincinnati | Cleveland | Columbus | Dayton | Toledo

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City | Tulsa

Oregon
Portland

Pennsylvania
Harrisburg | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh

Rhode Island
Providence

South Carolina
Charleston | Columbia | Greenville | Spartanburg

Tennessee
Chattanooga | Knoxville | Memphis | Nashville

Texas
Amarillo | Austin | Beaumont | Corpus Christi | Dallas | El Paso | Fort Worth | Houston | Lubbock | San Antonio

Utah
Salt Lake City

Virginia
Richmond | Roanoke

Washington
Seattle | Spokane | Yakima

Washington D.C.
Washington D. C.

Wisconsin
Milwaukee

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