What is the Medicare Part A deductible?

A deductible is the amount you pay before Medicare starts covering its share. With Part A, this deductible applies per benefit period rather than per year. A benefit period starts the day you are admitted as an inpatient and ends after you have been out of the hospital or a skilled nursing facility for 60 days in a row. That means if you have separate hospital stays far apart in the same year, you could owe the deductible more than once. After the deductible, Part A covers your inpatient costs for a set number of days before daily coinsurance, your share of costs, begins.