CMS, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has just announced the Medicare Part B Premiums for 2021.
We’ll also show you other Medicare costs such as Part A and Part B deductibles, copays and coinsurance.
Medicare Costs For 2021
For 2021 the Medicare Part A premium for most people will be $0. If you have to buy part A then the premium will be up to $471 per month, compared to $458 in 2020.
The Part A hospital deductible is $1484 which is up from $1408 in 2020.
The Part A deductible applies to each benefit period. This benefit period starts when you enter the hospital and ends when you are out of the hospital for 60 days in a row.
The Part A Coinsurance for days 61 – 90 is $371 per day which is up from $352 in 2020. Coinsurance for days 91 and beyond is $742 per day up from $704 in 2020.
Medicare Part B Costs For 2021
The Medicare Part B premium for 2021 is $148.50 per month which is up a little bit from $144.60 in 2020.
The Part B deductible for 2021 is $203 per year which is up five dollars from $198 in 2020.
Medicare Part B Premiums For 2021
| Your yearly income in 2019 (for what you pay in 2021) | You pay each month in (2021) | ||
| File individual tax return | File joint tax return | File married and filing separately | |
| $88,000 or less | $176,000 or less | $88,000 or less | $148.50 |
| above $88,000 up to $111,000 | above $176,000 up to $222,000 | N/A | $207.90 |
| above $111,000 up to $138,000 | above $222,000 up to $276,000 | N/A | $297.00 |
| above $138,000 up to $165,000 | above $276,000 up to $330,000 | N/A | $386.10 |
| above $165,000 and less than $500,000 | above $330,000 and less than $750,000 | above $88,000 and less than $412,000 | $475.20 |
| $500,000 or above | $750,000 and above | $412,000 and above | $504.90 |
The 2021 Part C Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D drug plan premiums will vary.
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