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Calculator Methodology

How the Medicare Cost Planner estimate works

Medicare cost planning should include premiums, deductibles, drugs, supplemental coverage, and uncovered care.

This estimate is for educational planning only. Actual costs may vary based on location, provider, care needs, plan terms, income, eligibility, family support, market rates, and future changes. Confirm details with providers, insurers, Medicare, Medicaid, tax professionals, legal professionals, or qualified advisors as appropriate.

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Inputs used

The result changes when these inputs change. Defaults are planning placeholders, not recommendations.

Part B monthly premium
Default: 202.9 $
Part D / Medicare Advantage premium
Default: 46.5 $
Medigap / supplement premium
Default: 160 $
Monthly drug out-of-pocket
Default: 85 $
Dental, vision, hearing
Default: 75 $
Other monthly medical out-of-pocket
Default: 125 $

What is included

  • The visible inputs listed on the calculator page.
  • The assumptions shown below the calculator.
  • Monthly, annual, or scenario math based on the calculator family.
  • Risk flags and follow-up prompts designed to help users ask better questions.
  • Input: Part B monthly premium.
  • Input: Part D / Medicare Advantage premium.
  • Input: Medigap / supplement premium.
  • Input: Monthly drug out-of-pocket.
  • Input: Dental, vision, hearing.
  • Input: Other monthly medical out-of-pocket.

What is excluded

  • Provider quotes, plan documents, eligibility decisions, legal interpretation, tax treatment, or clinical judgment.
  • Every state, plan, facility, agency, pharmacy, family, or future health-change scenario.
  • Guaranteed pricing, coverage, admission, benefits, claims approval, or professional advice.
  • Full formulary review, pharmacy-specific pricing, network validation, prior authorization outcomes, appeals, or subsidy determinations.

What can make the estimate too low

  • A drug, pharmacy, provider, network, prior authorization, or plan rule is missing from the inputs.
  • Income changes create IRMAA, subsidy, eligibility, or tax effects that the calculator does not fully model.
  • A bad-year scenario includes more care, uncovered services, or denied claims than expected.

What can make the estimate too high

  • The user enters a conservative bad-year cost that is higher than actual use.
  • A subsidy, employer support, Extra Help, Medicaid, VA benefit, or other assistance applies but is not entered.
  • A plan negotiates lower costs or includes services the simplified model treats as out of pocket.

Assumptions

  • Uses CMS 2026 Part B standard premium as the default.
  • IRMAA, plan design, network, drugs, and state rules can change actual costs.

When to confirm with a professional

  • Before signing a facility, home care, insurance, employment, or financial agreement.
  • Before relying on Medicare, Medicaid, VA, long-term care insurance, HSA, FSA, tax, or legal assumptions.
  • When medical symptoms, medication changes, falls, dementia safety, or urgent-care questions are involved.
  • When a provider quote, plan document, policy, or agency rule conflicts with the estimate.