Inpatient hospital care (Part A)

Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) covers inpatient hospital care when all of these are true:

  • You’re admitted to the hospital as an inpatient after an official doctor’s order, which says you need inpatient hospital care to treat your illness or injury.
  • The hospital accepts Medicare.
  • In certain cases, the Utilization Review Committee of the hospital approves your stay while you’re in the hospital.

Your costs in Original Medicare


  • $1,408 deductible for each benefit period .
  • Days 1–60: $0 coinsurance for each benefit period.
  • Days 61–90: $352 coinsurance per day of each benefit period.
  • Days 91 and beyond: $704 coinsurance per each “lifetime reserve day” after day 90 for each benefit period (up to 60 days over your lifetime).
  • Beyond lifetime reserve days : all costs.

 

You pay for private-duty nursing, a television, or a phone in your room. You pay for a private room unless it’s medically necessary.

 

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