People With Medicare

Hospice Cost

Medicare will pay the hospice for most of your care. There is generally no deductible or coinsurance for hospice care. You will pay your hospice provider:

  • $5 or less for each drug. This includes prescription drugs and other products to help pain and symptoms.

  • 5% of the cost of inpatient respite care that Medicare approves. For example, if Medicare pays $100 per day for inpatient respite care, you will pay $5 per day.

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Information on this web site was compiled from approved materials of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.