# Atlas Commons research objects — Medicare plans in Somerset, Maryland (CY2026) — context brief

CMS CY2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D plans available in Somerset, Maryland: 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:

- **25 Medicare plans are available in Somerset, Maryland 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 Somerset, Maryland range from $0.00/mo to $155.00/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 22 of 25 Medicare plans in Somerset, Maryland (CY2026); average overall: 3.5 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 Somerset, Maryland (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-plans/md/somerset)

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

**Medicare plans in Somerset, Maryland (CY2026) — all RECORDED/DETERMINATION** (25): H1225_001 — Johns Hopkins Advantage MD (HMO) — MA-PD — HMO — Johns Hopkins Advantage MD — 45 — 3.5 — 8950 — No; H1225_003 — Johns Hopkins Advantage MD D-SNP (HMO D-SNP) — SNP — HMO D-SNP — Johns Hopkins Advantage MD — 31.2 — 3.5 — 9250 — No; H1225_004 — Johns Hopkins Advantage MD Tribute (HMO) — MA — HMO — Johns Hopkins Advantage MD — N/A — 3.5 — 6800 — No…