# Atlas Commons research objects — Medicare plans in Shelby, Alabama (CY2026) — context brief

CMS CY2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D plans available in Shelby, Alabama: plan count (AGGREGATED), premium range (RECORDED from CMS Landscape Files), CMS star ratings (DETERMINATION — CMS-issued institutional quality rating), and epistemic boundary (INTERPRETATION). Premiums are base plan premiums; actual cost depends on Part B premium, IRMAA, and LIS. Star ratings are CMS quality scores. This surface informs; it does not rank or advise. Use medicare.gov/plan-compare to enroll. CC0.

Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify:

- **63 Medicare plans are available in Shelby, Alabama for contract year 2026** — DERIVED · CMS CY2026 Medicare Landscape Files (https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-drug-plans/medicare-advantage/plan-information/plan-information)
- **Monthly premiums for Medicare plans in Shelby, Alabama range from $0.00/mo to $163.00/mo (CY2026)** — RECORDED · CMS CY2026 Medicare Landscape Files (https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-drug-plans/medicare-advantage/plan-information/plan-information)
- **CMS assigned star ratings to 60 of 63 Medicare plans in Shelby, Alabama (CY2026); average overall: 3.8 stars** — PROJECTED · CMS CY2026 Medicare Landscape Files (https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-drug-plans/medicare-advantage/plan-information/plan-information)
- **What these Medicare plan figures are — and are NOT — for Shelby, Alabama (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-plans/al/shelby)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-plans/al/shelby.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Medicare plans in Shelby, Alabama (CY2026) — all RECORDED/DETERMINATION** (63): H0104_014 — Blue Advantage Complete (PPO) — MA-PD — PPO — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama — 0 — 3.5 — 5900 — No; H0104_015 — Blue Advantage Premier (PPO) — MA-PD — PPO — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama — 163 — 3.5 — 2900 — No; H0154_008 — VIVA Medicare Select (HMO) — MA — HMO — VIVA Medicare — N/A — 4 — 9250 — No…