Social Security Charts

Medicare Premiums

Medicare Premiums Charts

Year	Part A* Insurance	Supplemental Medical Insurance — Part B**
1/25	$518	$185.00
1/24	$505	$174.70
1/23	$506	$164.90
1/22	$499	$170.10
1/21	$471.00	$148.50
1/20	$458.00	$144.60
1/19	$437.00	$135.50
1/18	$422.00	$134.00
1/17	$413.00	$109.00
1/16	$411.00	$104.90
1/15	$407.00	$104.90
1/14	$426.00	$104.90
1/13	$441.00	$104.90
1/12	$451.00	$99.90
1/11	450.00	96.40
1/10	461.00	96.40

* Part A: The monthly premium amount is paid only by those individuals who are not otherwise eligible and have voluntarily enrolled. Certain individuals may qualify for a reduced premium; or, they may be required to pay a penalty charge due to delayed enrollment.

**Part B: The monthly premium amount can be more.

Medicare Part A and B Deductibles

2025	Deductible / Coinsurance
Part A	$1,676 deductible for the benefit period
	$419 coinsurance per day for days 61 through 90
	$838 coinsurance per day beyond the 90th Day of the Benefit Period
	$209.50 for skilled nursing for days 21-100 Note: There is no skilled nursing facility deductible assessed for the first 20 days of residency.
Part B	$257

2024	Deductible / Coinsurance
Part A	$1,632 deductible for the benefit period
	$408 coinsurance per day for days 61 through 90
	$816coinsurance per day beyond the 90th Day of the Benefit Period
	$204 for skilled nursing for days 21-100 Note: There is no skilled nursing facility deductible assessed for the first 20 days of residency.
Part B	$240

2023	Deductible / Coinsurance
Part A	$1,600 deductible for the benefit period
	$400 coinsurance per day for days 61 through 90
	$800 coinsurance per day beyond the 90th Day of the Benefit Period
	$200 for skilled nursing for days 21-100 Note: There is no skilled nursing facility deductible assessed for the first 20 days of residency.
Part B	$226

2022	Deductible / Coinsurance
Part A	$1556 deductible for the benefit period
	$389 coinsurance per day for days 61 through 90
	$778 coinsurance per day beyond the 90th Day of the Benefit Period
	$194.50 for skilled nursing for days 21-100 Note: There is no skilled nursing facility deductible assessed for the first 20 days of residency.
Part B	$233

2021	Deductible / Coinsurance
Part A	$1484 deductible for the benefit period
	$371 coinsurance per day for days 61 through 90
	$742 coinsurance per day beyond the 90th Day of the Benefit Period
	$185.50 for skilled nursing for days 21-100 Note: There is no skilled nursing facility deductible assessed for the first 20 days of residency.
Part B	$203

2020	Deductible / Coinsurance
Part A	$1408 deductible for the benefit period
	$352 coinsurance per day for days 61 through 90
	$704 coinsurance per day beyond the 90th Day of the Benefit Period
	$176 for skilled nursing for days 21-100 Note: There is no skilled nursing facility deductible assessed for the first 20 days of residency.
Part B	$198

Social Security/Medicare Claim

The Medicare CLAIM NUMBER is made up of the individuals ACCOUNT NUMBER (SSN) plus a suffix. This suffix (a letter alone, or a letter plus a number) is called “CLAIMS SYMBOL”. Effective 04/01/2018, the Medicare CLAIM NUMBER will consist of 11 alphanumeric characters excluding letters S, L, O, I, B and Z to replace the individual’s SSN. Refer to UGSS Update 2018-01 for more details.

The claims symbols are a code:

To identify beneficiaries.
To indicate the type of Social Security benefits, if any.
To identify which of 7 different trust funds will pay the Medicare bill or the Social Security benefits.

Claims Symbols for Retirement Benefits

	1st Claimant	2nd Claimant	3rd Claimant	4th Claimant	5th Claimant
Wage Earner	A
Wife age 62 or Older	B	B3	B8	BA	BD
Wife Under Age 62	B2	B5	B7	BK	BL
Divorced Wife	B6	B9	BN	BP	BQ

Note: Wife under age 62 has an entitled child in her care.

Claims Symbols for Survivor Benefits

Claim Symbols for Survivor Benefits

	1st Claimant	2nd Claimant	3rd Claimant	4th Claimant	5th Claimant
Child (including Disabled or Student Child)	C	C1 Youngest C2 Next older C3 Older than C2 C4 Through C9 CA Tenth child (not C-10) CB 11th child (not C-11) CC 12th child (not C-12), etc.
Widow Age 60 or older	D	D2	D8	DD	DG
Widow Remarried After Age 60	D4	D9	DA	DL	DN
Surviving Divorced Wife	D6	D7	DV	DW	DY
Mother (Widow)	E	E2	E7	E8	EA
Surviving Divorced Mother	E1	E3	EB	EC	ED
Husband age 62 or Older	B1	B4	BG	BH	BJ
Divorced Husband	BR	BT
Widower age 60 or Older	D1	D3	DH	DJ	DK
Widower Remarried	D5	DP	DQ	DR	DT
Widowed Father	E4	E6	EF	EG	EH
Surviving Divorced Father	E5	E9	EJ	EK	EM
Father	F1	F7
Mother	F2	F8
Stepfather	F3
Stepmother	F4
Adopting Father	F5
Adopting Mother	F6

Claims Symbols for Disability Benefits

H — before any claims symbol listed in (C) above under “retirement benefits” tells you the person is receiving disability benefits under Social Security.

Example:
HA Disabled Wage Earner
HC1 Youngest child of disabled Wage Earner (HC2, etc.)
HB2 “Young” wife of disabled Wage Earner with child in her care.

Claims Symbols for Individuals

In relation to Health Insurance benefits (Part A, Medicare)
Special age 72 Social Security benefits (Prouty Amendment)

	1st Claimant	2nd Claimant	3rd Claimant	4th Claimant	5th Claimant
Entitled to HIB (less than 3 QCs)	J1
Entitled to HIB (3 QCs or more)	J2
Not entitled to HIB (less than 3 QCs)	J3
Not entitled to HIB (3 QCs or more)	J4
Wife entitled to HIB (less than 3 QCs)	K1	K5	K9	KD	KH
Wife entitled to HIB (3 QCs or more)	K2	K6	KA	KE	KJ
Wife not entitled to HIB (less than 3 QCs)	K3	K7	KB	KF	KL
Wife not entitled to HIB (3 Qcs or more)	K4	K8	KC	KG	KM
Black Lung miner	LM
Black Lung miner's widow	LW

Claims Symbols for Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits

(Part B, Medicare) abbreviated SMIB

	1st Claimant	2nd Claimant	3rd Claimant	4th Claimant	5th Claimant
Uninsured (not entitled to HIB, qualified for SMIB)	M
Uninsured (qualified for HIB, but requested only SMIB	M1
Uninsured (entitled to HIB under deemed insured provision)	T
Disabled widow	W	W2	W4	W9	WF
Disabled widower	W1	W3	W5	WB	WG
Disabled surviving divorced wife	W6	W7	W8	WC	WJ

Table of RRB Prefixes and Equivalent SSA BIC

RRB Claim Prefix	Type RRB Beneficiary
A	Retirement — employee or annuitant
H	RR pensioner (age or disability)
MA	Spouse of RR employee or annuitant (husband or wife)
MH	Spouse of RR pensioner
WCD*	Child of RR employee
WCA*	Child of RR annuitant
CA	Disabled adult child of RR annuitant
WD	Widow or widower of an RR employee
WA	Widow or widower of an RR annuitant
WH	Widow or widower of an RR pensioner
WCD*	Widow of employee with a child in her care
WCA*	Widow of annuitant with a child in her care
WCH	Widow of pensioner with a child in her care
PD	Parent of RR employee
PA	Parent of RR annuitant
PH	Parent of RR pensioner
JA	Survivor joint annuitant — an annuitant who has taken a reduced amount of guarantee payments to a surviving spouse

*WCD and WCA have two designations each.