You'll make these payments throughout the year in a Medicare drug plan:
- Premium
- Yearly deductible
- Copayments or coinsurance
- Costs in the coverage gap
- Costs if you get Extra Help
- Costs if you pay a late enrollment penalty
Your actual drug coverage costs will vary depending on:
- Your prescriptions and whether they’re on your plan’s list of covered drugs ( ).
- What “tier” the drug is in.
- Which drug benefit phase you’re in (like whether you’ve met your deductible, or if you’re in the catastrophic coverage phase).
- Which pharmacy you use (whether it offers preferred or standard cost sharing, is out of , or is mail order). Your out-of-pocket drug costs may be less at a preferred pharmacy because it has agreed with your plan to charge less.
- Whether you get paying your Medicare drug coverage costs.
Look for specific Medicare drug plan costs, and then call the plans you're interested in to get more details.
If you have limited income and resources, your state may help you pay for Part A and/or Part B. You may also qualify for Extra Help to pay for your Medicare prescription drug coverage.