2027 health insurance filings
Kansas Small-Group Rate Tracker
Compare 2027 health insurance requests. Not final rates or your renewal quote.
- Stage
- Requested, not final
- Data as of
This snapshot is more than 45 days old. Filings move while they are under review, so check the current record at CMS Rate Review search: Kansas, Small Group, 2027.
Requested 2027 changes, insurer by insurer
Each card below is one issuer's small group filing for 2027. The requested change is what the insurer asked for. The final change stays empty until the source publishes one, and an empty final change does not mean zero and does not mean approved.
No final 2027 change is published for any filing in this snapshot.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
+13.39% Requested, not final
- Requested change
- +13.39%
- Final change
- Not published
- CMS change range
- +8.52% to +22.81%
- Source status
- Submission Filed
- Effective
- January 1, 2027
- Issuer ID
- 94248
- Filing ID
- 942487111
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc.
+9.61% Requested, not final
- Requested change
- +9.61%
- Final change
- Not published
- CMS change range
- +5.52% to +11.92%
- Source status
- Submission Filed
- Effective
- January 1, 2027
- Issuer ID
- 18558
- Filing ID
- 185587111
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UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company
+11.47% Requested, not final
- Requested change
- +11.47%
- Final change
- Not published
- CMS change range
- +6.43% to +15.27%
- Source status
- Submission Filed
- Effective
- January 1, 2027
- Issuer ID
- 94968
- Filing ID
- 949687111
Requested 2027 small group rate changes, Kansas insurers
| Insurer | Requested change | CMS change range | Final change | Source status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City | +13.39% | +8.52% to +22.81% | Not published | Submission Filed |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. | +9.61% | +5.52% to +11.92% | Not published | Submission Filed |
| UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company | +11.47% | +6.43% to +15.27% | Not published | Submission Filed |
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Changes filed in earlier years
These rows are the change each insurer filed for that plan year. A filed change is not an approved change, and a status such as Submission Complete describes where a filing sat in the process, not a regulator's verdict on the price. Read them next to the current requested figures, not as a before and after.
Showing all 13 filings.
| Plan year | Insurer | Change as filed | Source label for the change | CMS change range | Source status | Plans | Effective | Filing ID | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City | +8.65% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Submission Complete | 26 | January 1, 2026 | URR-94248KS-2026-11 | CMS 2026 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2026 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. | +8.37% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Submission Complete | 23 | January 1, 2026 | URR-18558KS-2026-11 | CMS 2026 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2026 | Medical Associates Health Plan, Inc. | 0% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Submission Complete | 16 | January 1, 2026 | URR-13671KS-2026-11 | CMS 2026 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2026 | UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company | +9.97% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Submission Complete | 71 | January 1, 2026 | URR-94968KS-2026-11 | CMS 2026 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2025 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City | +16.87% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Review Complete | 23 | January 1, 2025 | 94248-2847249640842662912 | CMS 2025 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2025 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. | +17.4% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Review Complete | 23 | January 1, 2025 | 18558-2850807797892287492 | CMS 2025 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2025 | UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company | +10.4% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Rate Filing Accepted | 82 | January 1, 2025 | 94968-2850874003420856320 | CMS 2025 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2024 | Aetna Health Inc. (a PA corp.) | -3.32% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Rate Filing Accepted | 1 | January 1, 2024 | 57850-2579283012064484366 | CMS 2024 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2024 | Aetna Life Insurance Company | +3.39% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Rate Filing Accepted | 1 | January 1, 2024 | 84600-2579283055148015624 | CMS 2024 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2024 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City | -2.68% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Rate Filing Accepted | 23 | January 1, 2024 | 94248-2582006440701646852 | CMS 2024 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2024 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. | +10.12% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Rate Filing Accepted | 23 | January 1, 2024 | 18558-2582006440701646853 | CMS 2024 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2024 | Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company | +14.51% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Review Complete | 52 | January 1, 2024 | 76763-2579928605342208006 | CMS 2024 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
| 2024 | UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company | +3.93% | Filed submission-level change | Not published | Rate Filing Accepted | 105 | January 1, 2024 | 94968-2579928605342208002 | CMS 2024 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) |
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Check any number at the source
Every row includes a filing ID and a link to the CMS search or an annual ZIP archive. To locate its source data:
- Open the CMS rate review search: https://ratereview.healthcare.gov/
- Set State to Kansas.
- Set Market to Small Group.
- Set the year to the plan year you want, then run the search.
- Open an insurer's filing to read the requested change, the CMS change range and the status.
For historical rows, download the linked CMS public-use ZIP for that year and locate the filing ID in Worksheet 2. The live search and archived files have different reporting dates and coverage.
Two separate companies with similar names file small group rates in Kansas, so check the issuer ID printed with each card before you quote a figure. This page shows insurer names exactly as the source publishes them.
Methodology
- Where the numbers come from. Current requests come from the public CMS rate review search for Kansas, Small Group. History comes from the linked CMS public-use ZIP files, using Worksheet 2 field RT_CHG_CUM_SUB (Submission Level Rate Increase %, cell E22). Both feed one checked data file for the page and downloads.
- Which filing a year shows. History includes Annual filings with a January 1 effective date in each linked snapshot. Each submission tracking number appears once. Quarterly filings, other effective dates and revisions absent from those snapshots are not included. This selection is not every filing an insurer made.
- Why there is no average. The source repeats an insurer level change across that insurer's plan rows, so averaging those rows would weight the result by how many plans a company files. There is no Kansas-wide average on this page for that reason, and none in the downloads.
- Requested, final and filed. A requested change is what an insurer asked for. A final change is one the source publishes as final, and it stays empty until then. A filed change in the history table is what an insurer submitted for that year. None of the three is an approval unless the source says so, and we never read approval out of a filing status.
- Rounding. Rate changes are shown as percentages, to two decimal places at most. Historical source fractions are multiplied by 100: a source value of 0.0997 is 9.97%. A blank remains unknown, never zero.
- No causes. This page reports what was filed. It does not explain why a number moved, and it does not forecast the next one.
What this page does not tell you
- ACA-compliant, fully insured Kansas small group filings only. Self-funded, level-funded and large group coverage are not included.
- CMS search results omit products whose rates are not changing, and issuers can add or drop plans and products while a filing is under review.
- A missing issuer or year is not a zero change and is not proof that an insurer left the market.
- What any single employer will pay. A premium change for your group moves with plan design, geography, employee ages, who enrolls and the benefits you offer, so a filed percentage is a market signal and not your renewal.
- Whether a filing was approved. Approval is a regulatory decision published by the reviewing regulator. A filed or requested rate change alone does not establish regulatory approval.
Data selection notes
History uses the January 1 Annual Kansas Small Group filings in each linked CMS public-use snapshot. It is not an archive of every revision or quarterly change.
Historical percentages are the template-calculated Submission Level Rate Increase % (RT_CHG_CUM_SUB, Worksheet 2 cell E22), multiplied by 100. That value repeats across plan rows; each submission is counted once, with no average across plans or insurers.
Historical source status does not establish regulatory approval. These figures are filed changes in dated CMS snapshots, not confirmed final approvals or actual employer renewals.
CMS public search excludes products whose rates are not changing. Products and plans may be added or dropped during review; a missing issuer-year is not proof of withdrawal.
The CMS portal and downloadable public-use files have different reporting dates and coverage. A zero in an historical file is preserved as zero; a missing final value stays unknown.
Sources
- CMS Rate Review search: Kansas, Small Group, 2027 (https://ratereview.healthcare.gov/)
- CMS 2024 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) (https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/py20204-puf-20231031.zip)
- CMS 2025 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) (https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/py2025puf20241024.zip)
- CMS 2026 Rate Review public-use file (ZIP) (https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/py2026-puf-20260327.zip)
Snapshot date: .
How this page is refreshed
This is a dated snapshot, not a live feed. Nothing on this page updates on its own, and no automated connection to any regulator exists behind it. A refresh checks the public search and the relevant public-use files, replaces the checked dataset and rebuilds the page and downloads. The snapshot date records our source check, not the filing submission date or the effective date of any rate change.
Citing this page
Group Health Kansas. 2027 Kansas Small Group Health Insurance Rate Tracker. https://grouphealthkansas.com/kansas-small-group-health-insurance-rate-tracker/. Data as of September 20, 2026.
The filing records behind this page are public information published by the source listed above. This page does not add any license to that material and does not grant rights in it. If you republish a figure, cite the filing record as well as this page, and keep the requested or filed label attached to the number.
Wondering what a filing like this means for your own renewal? A requested change is a market signal, not your price. If you want your actual group priced against the Kansas market, we can do that. Request a quote or call 913-336-5041.
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