Medicare Part A covers inpatient care in a skilled nursing facility under the following circumstances: 1  A patient's stay must begin within 30 days of an inpatient hospital stay of at least three days. 2  The patient must need, and have a physician's prescription for, daily skilled nursing care or physical rehabilitation.
Hospital stays can put a strain on your personal finances. The average cost of a one-day stay in the hospital is over $1,700.*. This valuable coverage provides fixed payments when youâre hospitalized to help cover out-of-pocket costs. Accidents and illnesses can happen-and sometimes result in an inpatient hospital stay. $1,000 for one stay in the hospital during the coverage year, plus. â¢ $100 each day, for up to 100 days you are in the hospital during the coverage year***. Use the fixed payment any way you like The benefit is paid in addition to any benefits you may receive under your health plan.
Hospital costs by age, 2010. In 2010, the average cost per hospital stay was $9,700 and the aggregate cost for all hospital stays totaled $375.9 billion. Figures 1 and 2 show the distribution of aggregate hospital costs and stays by age and the average hospital cost per stay by age, respectively. Adults ages 45â64 and 65â84 accounted for nearly two-thirds of aggregate costs in 2010 and had the highest average cost per stay ($12,100 and $12,300, respectively). This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and. Utilization Project (HCUP) on costs of hospital stays in the United. States in 2010.