# Atlas Commons research objects — Medicare plans in Fairfax, Virginia (CY2026) — context brief

CMS CY2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D plans available in Fairfax, Virginia: 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:

- **52 Medicare plans are available in Fairfax, Virginia 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 Fairfax, Virginia range from $0.00/mo to $182.00/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 35 of 52 Medicare plans in Fairfax, Virginia (CY2026); average overall: 4.0 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 Fairfax, Virginia (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-plans/va/fairfax)

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

**Medicare plans in Fairfax, Virginia (CY2026) — all RECORDED/DETERMINATION** (52): H0421_001 — UHC Dual Complete VA-Y4 (PPO D-SNP) — SNP — PPO D-SNP — UnitedHealthcare — 24.6 — Not rated — 9250 — No; H0710_032 — UHC Nursing Home Plan EX-F004 (PPO I-SNP) — SNP — PPO I-SNP — UnitedHealthcare — 27.8 — 4.5 — 9250 — No; H1339_001 — Johns Hopkins Advantage MD Select (HMO) — MA-PD — HMO — Johns Hopkins Advantage MD — 0 — Not rated — 9250 — No…