California Medicare Advantage Plan (2025 Plan)
Wellcare Premium Ultra (HMO) is a Medicare Advantage Plan With Part D Prescription Drug Coverage, which is available in California and offered by the health insurance company Wellcare by Health Net. This plan’s network type is HMO which determines in-network doctors who accept the health plan and whether a referral is needed.
Wellcare Premium Ultra (HMO) has a monthly premium cost of $144 per month, with an annual deductible of $100 In-network and a maximum out of pocket cost sharing of $9,350 In-network. The most common benefit costs which people evaluate when choosing a plan are costs for a primary doctor visit, specialist doctor visit, emergency room visit, and ambulance. These costs are listed in this summary section and a full list of benefit costs for Wellcare Premium Ultra (HMO) are defined below.
Wellcare Premium Ultra (HMO) is a Medicare Advantage plan which does include Medicare Part D Prescription Drug coverage. Other common benefits included with Medicare Advantage plans are coverage for dental, vision, and hearing. Wellcare Premium Ultra (HMO) includes coverage for hearing, vision, dental.
Medicare Advantage health plans can offer even more additional benefits. Wellcare Premium Ultra (HMO) includes coverage for the following additional benefits:
Each year the federal government evaluates the quality of Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug plans based on a 5-star scoring system. For 2025, Wellcare Premium Ultra (HMO) received an overall government quality rating of 3.0 stars out of 5 stars.
Wellcare Premium Ultra (HMO) performed worse than California’s State average overall quality score of 3.5 stars.
The government calculates an “Overall star rating” based on ratings for sub components including “Health plan star rating” and “Drug plan star rating”, which includes further subcomponents of each.
Wellcare Premium Ultra (HMO) received 3 stars for its health plan quality score which is worse than the California State average health plan quality score of 3.4 stars.
Wellcare Premium Ultra (HMO) received 3.5 stars for its drug plan quality score which is worse than the California State average drug plan quality score of 3.8 stars.
| Tiers | Initial coverage phase | Catastrophic coverage phase |
|---|---|---|
| Preferred Generic | $5.00 copay | $0 copay |
| Generic | $10.00 copay | $0 copay |
| Preferred Brand | 25% coinsurance | $0 copay |
| Non-Preferred Drug | 50% coinsurance | $0 copay |
| Specialty Tier | 28% coinsurance | $0 copay |
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