Managed Care · UT
Utah
Saturated · score 51
MA penetration is above average — competition is high, focus on plan-specific wins.
State MA penetration
54.3%
National rank #17 · National avg 47.8%
+6.52 pp vs national
259,256
MA beneficiaries (rolled up)
477,247
Medicare eligibles
29
Counties indexed
97
SNFs in state
MA beneficiaries · 2016–2022
YoY change: +64.6%
SNF utilization rate (MA enrollees)
Share of MA beneficiaries with a SNF stay each year (CMS MA GV PUF).
Most saturated counties
- 62.6%Cache10,740 of 17,160 eligibles
- 58.6%Box Elder5,858 of 9,999 eligibles
- 57.9%Salt Lake94,475 of 163,178 eligibles
- 57.3%Utah39,958 of 69,799 eligibles
- 56.2%Weber23,337 of 41,504 eligibles
- 54.2%Davis26,428 of 48,754 eligibles
- 52.6%Tooele5,229 of 9,938 eligibles
- 51.7%Morgan1,000 of 1,935 eligibles
- 51.5%Washington24,136 of 46,854 eligibles
- 49.4%Duchesne1,913 of 3,871 eligibles
Highest opportunity counties
- 5.0%Daggett282 eligibles · 14 enrolled
- 14.3%San Juan2,528 eligibles · 362 enrolled
- 19.6%Grand2,338 eligibles · 458 enrolled
- 21.6%Kane2,243 eligibles · 484 enrolled
- 24.0%Wayne718 eligibles · 172 enrolled
- 29.8%Garfield1,331 eligibles · 396 enrolled
- 30.0%Beaver1,495 eligibles · 448 enrolled
- 32.3%Piute470 eligibles · 152 enrolled
- 33.5%Millard2,759 eligibles · 923 enrolled
- 34.1%Emery2,267 eligibles · 774 enrolled
Top MA payers in Utah
268,465 total MA enrolled- 1UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF THE ROCKIES, INC.103,44438.5%
- 2SELECTHEALTH, INC.51,63719.2%
- 3HUMANA INSURANCE COMPANY41,29515.4%
- 4SIERRA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.23,1028.6%
- 5EMPHESYS INSURANCE COMPANY19,8697.4%
- 6AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY9,2213.4%
- 7REGENCE BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF UTAH7,1272.6%
- 8MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF UTAH, INC.3,7251.4%
- 9HEALTHSPRING LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.2,0310.8%
- 10HUMANA MEDICAL PLAN OF UTAH, INC.1,8070.7%
- 11AETNA HEALTH OF UTAH INC.1,4040.5%
- 12DEVOTED HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF UTAH, INC.1,2320.5%
- 13ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC.9490.3%
- 14UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA HLTH & RETIREMENT6860.3%
- 15HIGHMARK SENIOR HEALTH COMPANY2340.1%
Top-rated SNFs in Utah
97 total- Copper Ridge Health CareWest Jordan, UT · Salt Lake County · 120 beds5★
- Cascades at Orchard ParkOrem, UT · Utah County · 52 beds5★
- Stonehenge of Cedar CityCedar City, UT · Iron County · 50 beds5★
- Logan Regional Hospital Transitional Care UnitLogan, UT · Cache County · 11 beds5★
- Mt Ogden Health and Rehabilitation CenterWashington Terrace, UT · Weber County · 108 beds5★
- William E Christofferson Salt Lake Veterans HomeSalt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake County · 81 beds5★
- Monument Healthcare StonecreekBountiful, UT · Davis County · 122 beds5★
- Pine View Transitional RehabOgden, UT · Weber County · 30 beds5★
- Uintah Basin Rehabilitation and Senior VillaRoosevelt, UT · Duchesne County · 90 beds5★
- Highland Care CenterHolladay, UT · Salt Lake County · 103 beds5★
Source: CMS MA State/County Penetration (Aug 2025). Secondary metrics from CMS Medicare Advantage Geographic Variation PUF (2016–2022). Penetration is computed by rolling up county-level CMS-published MA enrolled / Medicare eligibles. Trend chart spans 2016–2022.