Part A is Hospital Insurance and covers cost associated with confinement in a hospital or skilled nursing facility.
When you are hospitalized for: | Medicare Covers | You Pay |
1-60 Days | Most confinement costs after the required Medicare Deductible | $1,100 Part A Deductible |
61-90 Days | All eligible expenses, after the patient pays a per-day copayment. | $275/Day |
91-150 Days | All eligible expenses, after patient pays per-day copayment.
(These Are Liftetime Reserve Days Which may never be used again.) |
$550/Day |
151 days or more | Nothing | You Pay All Cost |
Skilled Nursing Confinement: When you are hospitalized for at least 3 days and enter a Medicare Approved skilled nursing facility within 30 days after a hospital discharge and are receiving skilled nursing care. |
All eligible expenses for the first 20 days; then all eligible expenses, (if you qualify), for days 21-100, after patient pays a per day copayment. | After 20 days
$137.50/Day |
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