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Medicare Cost-Sharing Announced for 2021

November 12, 2020

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Part A Monthly Premium (For those not automatically enrolled)

  • 0-29 qualifying quarters of employment: $471
  • 30-39 quarters: $259

Inpatient Hospital

  • Deductible, Per Spell of Illness: $1,484
  • Co-pay, Days 1 – 60: $0
  • Co-pay, Days 61 – 90: $371/day
  • Co-pay, Lifetime Reserve Days: $742/day

Skilled Nursing Facility

  • Co-pay, Days 1 – 20: $0
  • Co-pay, Days 21 – 100: $185.50

Standard Monthly Part B Premium

  • $148.50

Part B Deductible

  • $203

2021 Parts B and D Income-Related Premiums

Beneficiaries who file an individual tax return with income:Beneficiaries who file a joint tax return with income:Beneficiaries who are married, but file a separate tax return with income:2021
Total monthly Part B premium amount 
2021
Part D income-related monthly adjusted amount paid to Medicare (in addition to plan premiums)
Less than or equal to $88,000Less than or equal to $176,000Less than or equal to $88,000$148.50your plan premium
Greater than $88,000 and less than or equal to $111,000Greater than $176,000 and less than or equal to $222,000 $207.90$12.30 + your plan premium
Greater than $111,000 and less than or equal to $138,000Greater than $222,000 and less than or equal to $276,000 $297.00$31.80 + your plan premium
Greater than $138,000 and less than or equal to $165,000Greater than $276,000 and less than or equal to $330,000 $386.10$51.20 + your plan premium
Greater than $165,000 and less than $500,000Greater than $330,000 and less than $750,000Greater than $88,000 and less than $412,000$475.20$70.70 + your plan premium
Greater than or equal to $500,000Greater than or equal to $750,000Greater than or equal to $412,000$504.90$77.10 + your plan premium

Note: Legislation passed in 2015 made changes to the income thresholds for 2018 and 2019 (the upper 3 brackets were lowered, meaning higher charges apply to people earning less income compared to previous years).  For 2020 and thereafter, the thresholds are adjusted annually for inflation. See Section 402 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA; Public Law 114-10).

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