2017 Medicare Part A Deductible
The following chart reflects updated Medicare Part A rates effective January 1st, 2017. Medicare Part A premiums and deductibles fluctuate from year to year, so it’s important to stay on top of any Medicare rate changes that can affect you.
It’s also important to keep up on any other changes in Medicare that may take place from year to year. For all year-to-year updates on Medicare information, check out the 2017 edition of Medicare & You, the US government’s official Medicare handbook. Medicare & You is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide on Medicare services and a valuable resource to help you understand all that Medicare has to offer.
| 2017 Medicare Part A Part A is Hospital Insurance and covers costs associated with confinement in a hospital or skilled nursing facility. |
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| Benefit Period | Medicare Covers | You Pay (per day of each benefit period) |
| 1-60 days | Most confinement costs after the required Medicare Deductible | $0 coinsurance |
| 61-90 days | All eligible expenses, after the patient pays a per-day co-payment. | $329 coinsurance (as much as: $9,870*) |
| 91-150 days | All eligible expenses, after patient pays a per-day co-payment. (These are Lifetime Reserve Days which may never be used again.) |
$658 per each lifetime reserve day after day 90 (as much as: $39,480*) |
| At least 3 days and enter a Medicare approved skilled nursing facility | All eligible expenses for the first 20 days; then all eligible expenses for days 21-100, after patient pays a per-day co-payment | After 20 days $164.50 per day co-payment (as much as: $13,160*) |
| Blood or Plasma | All eligible expenses after first 3-pints in a calender year** | About $250.00 per pint over $750.00 |
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*Maximum amounts are based on the number of days in the benefit period. These are only estimates.
**In a case where the hospital has not received blood from a blood bank and need to buy it, you will be charged. You will either pay hospital costs for the first 3 units of blood, or have someone donate.
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