Part B How Does it Work?

Medicare Part B

Part B deductible & coinsurance In 2023, you pay $164.90 for your Part B deductible. After you meet your deductible for the year, you typically pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount for these:

Medically necessary services: Services or supplies that are needed to diagnose or treat your medical condition and that meet accepted standards of medical practice.

Preventive services: Health care to prevent illness (like the flu) or detect it at an early stage, when treatment is most likely to work best.

Part B covers things like:

Clinical research

Ambulance services

Durable medical equipment (DME)

Mental health

Inpatient

Outpatient

Partial hospitalization

Getting a second opinion before surgery

Limited outpatient prescription drugs