03/11/2026
🏥 Hospital Stays & Medicare — How Coverage Works
Medicare does cover hospital stays, but how much you pay depends on the type of coverage you have. With Original Medicare and a Medicare Supplement (like Plan G), you can go to almost any hospital nationwide that accepts Medicare. After Medicare pays its share, Plan G typically covers the remaining hospital costs, so there is no daily copay or coinsurance for the stay.�With a Medicare Advantage plan, you’ll usually need to use a hospital in the plan’s network, and hospital stays often include a daily copay — commonly around $300–$400 per day for the first 5 or 6 days, after which the plan generally covers the rest of the stay. Different plans, different cost structures — but hospital care is covered.
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