North Carolina Medicare Advantage Plan (2025 Plan)
Blue Medicare Essential Plus (HMO-POS) is a Medicare Advantage Plan With Part D Prescription Drug Coverage, which is available in North Carolina and offered by the health insurance company Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. This plan’s network type is HMO which determines in-network doctors who accept the health plan and whether a referral is needed.
Blue Medicare Essential Plus (HMO-POS) has a monthly premium cost of $0 per month, with an annual deductible of $0 and a maximum out of pocket cost sharing of $5,200 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 Blue Medicare Essential Plus (HMO-POS) are defined below.
Blue Medicare Essential Plus (HMO-POS) 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. Blue Medicare Essential Plus (HMO-POS) includes coverage for hearing, vision, dental.
Medicare Advantage health plans can offer even more additional benefits. Blue Medicare Essential Plus (HMO-POS) 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, Blue Medicare Essential Plus (HMO-POS) received an overall government quality rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 stars.
Blue Medicare Essential Plus (HMO-POS) performed better than North Carolina’s State average overall quality score of 4.0 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.
Blue Medicare Essential Plus (HMO-POS) received 4.5 stars for its health plan quality score which is better than the North Carolina State average health plan quality score of 4.0 stars.
Blue Medicare Essential Plus (HMO-POS) received 4 stars for its drug plan quality score which is better than the North Carolina State average drug plan quality score of 3.7 stars.
| Tiers | Initial coverage phase | Catastrophic coverage phase |
|---|---|---|
| Preferred Generic | $15.00 copay | $0 copay |
| Generic | $20.00 copay | $0 copay |
| Preferred Brand | $47.00 copay | $0 copay |
| Non-Preferred Drug | 49% coinsurance | $0 copay |
| Specialty Tier | 28% coinsurance | $0 copay |
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