The best-rated commercial health plans in each state: NCQA

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The NCQA published its 2025 ratings of health plans Sept. 16, evaluating plans on nearly 50 assessments of quality outcomes and member experience. 

Just 11 plans out of the nearly 1,000 rated received 5-stars. In the commercial market, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Independent Health and UPMC Health Plan received the top rating. 

Here are the top-rated commercial plans in each state: 

Alabama

BCBS: 3.5 stars 

Alaska 

Aetna: 3 stars 

Premera Blue Cross: 3 stars 

Arizona 

UnitedHealthcare: 3.5 stars

Aetna: 3.5 stars 

Banner|Aetna: 3.5 stars 

Arkansas 

Aetna: 2.5 stars 

Centene’s QCA Health Plan: 2.5 stars 

California

Kaiser Northern California: 5 stars 

Kaiser Southern California: 5 stars 

Colorado 

Kaiser: 4.5 stars 

Connecticut 

Anthem BCBS: 4.5 stars 

Delaware 

Johns Hopkins Family Health Plan: 4 stars 

Florida

Capital Health Plan: 4.5 stars 

Georgia

Kaiser: 4.5 stars 

Hawaii 

Kaiser: 4.5 stars 

Idaho 

Blue Cross of Idaho: 3.5 stars 

Intermountain’s Select Health: 3.5 stars

Illinois 

Medical Associates Health Plan: 4 stars 

BCBS: 4 stars

Aetna: 4 stars

Indiana

Anthem BCBS: 3.5 stars

Anthem BCBS: 3.5 stars 

UnitedHealthcare: 3.5 stars 

Aetna: 3.5 stars 

Iowa 

HealthPartners: 4.5 stars 

Sanford Health Plan: 4.5 stars

Wellmark BCBS: 4.5 stars

Kansas 

BCBS of Kansas City: 3.5 stars

Aetna: 3.5 stars

Kentucky 

Anthem BCBS: 4 stars

Louisiana

UnitedHealthcare: 3.5 stars 

Maine

Harvard Pilgrim: 4.5 stars 

Maryland 

Kaiser Mid-Atlantic: 5 stars 

Massachusetts 

BCBS: 5 stars 

Michigan

Corewell’s Priority Health: 4 stars 

BCBS: 4 stars

Henry Ford Health’s Health Alliance Plan: 4 stars

Minnesota

HealthPartners: 4.5 stars

BCBS: 4.5 stars 

Mississippi

BCBS: 2.5 stars

UnitedHealthcare: 2.5 stars

Cigna: 2.5 stars

Aetna: 2.5 stars 

Missouri

UnitedHealthcare: 3.5 stars

BCBS of Kansas City: 3.5 stars

Aetna: 3.5 stars

Montana

BCBS: 3.5 stars 

PacificSource: 3.5 stars 

Nebraska 

Medica: 4 stars

UnitedHealthcare: 4 stars

Aetna: 4 stars

Nevada

UnitedHealthcare: 3 stars

Anthem BCBS: 3 stars

Aetna: 3 stars

New Hampshire

Anthem BCBS: 4 stars

Cigna: 4 stars 

Martin’s Point: 4 stars 

Harvard Pilgrim: 4 stars

New Jersey

AmeriHealth: 4 stars

Horizon BCBS New Jersey: 4 stars

New Mexico 

Presbyterian Health Plan: 3.5 stars 

New York 

Independent Health: 5 stars

North Carolina

Aetna: 4 stars 

North Dakota 

Sanford Health Plan: 4.5 stars

Ohio

Medical Mutual’s Paramount: 4 stars

Oklahoma

BCBS: stars

UnitedHealthcare: 3 stars

Oregon

Kaiser Northwest: 4.5 stars 

Pennsylvania 

UPMC Health Plan: 5 stars

Rhode Island

BCBS: 4.5 stars

South Carolina

Aetna: 3.5 stars 

South Dakota 

Sanford Health Plan: 4.5 stars 

Tennessee

BCBS: 4 stars

Texas

University Health’s Community First: 4 stars 

Utah

Intermountain’s Select Health: 4 stars 

Vermont

The Vermont Health Plan: 4 stars

Martin’s Point: 4 stars 

BCBS: 4 stars

Virginia

Kaiser Mid-Atlantic: 5 stars 

Washington

Kaiser Northwest: 4.5 stars 

West Virginia

Johns Hopkins Family Health Plan: 4 stars 

Wisconsin

Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin: 4.5 stars 

MercyCare Health Plans: 4.5 stars

Network Health Plan: 4.5 stars 

HealthParters: 4.5 stars 

Wyoming 

No rated plans

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