# Atlas Commons research objects — Medicare plans in Carlton, Minnesota (CY2026) — context brief

CMS CY2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D plans available in Carlton, Minnesota: 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:

- **19 Medicare plans are available in Carlton, Minnesota 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 Carlton, Minnesota range from $0.00/mo to $362.60/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 19 of 19 Medicare plans in Carlton, Minnesota (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 Carlton, Minnesota (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-plans/mn/carlton)

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

**Medicare plans in Carlton, Minnesota (CY2026) — all RECORDED/DETERMINATION** (19): H2425_001 — SecureBlue (HMO D-SNP) — SNP — HMO D-SNP — Blue Plus — 18.7 — 4 — 9250 — No; H2450_002 — Medica Prime Solution Enhanced w/Rx 2 (Cost) — Cost — Cost — Medica — 294.8 — 3.5 — 3000 — No; H2450_007 — Medica Prime Solution Thrift w/Rx (Cost) — Cost — Cost — Medica — 92.8 — 3.5 — 6750 — No…