Inpatient rehabilitation care
Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) covers medically necessary care you get in an inpatient rehabilitation facility or unit (sometimes called an inpatient “rehab” facility, IRF, acute care rehabilitation center, or rehabilitation hospital). Your doctor must certify that you have a medical condition requiring intensive rehabilitation, continued medical supervision, and coordinated care from your doctors, other health care providers, and therapists.
Your costs in Original Medicare
You pay this for each benefit period :
- Days 1-60: $1,632 ($1,676 in 2025) deductible.*
- Days 61-90: $408 ($419 in 2025) each day.
- Days 91 and beyond: $816 ($838 in 2025) each day while using your 60 “ lifetime reserve days. ”
- Each day after you use all of your lifetime reserve days: All costs.
*You don’t have to pay a deductible for inpatient rehabilitation care if Medicare already charged you a deductible for care you got in a prior hospitalization within the same benefit period. This is because your benefit period starts on day one of your prior hospital stay, and that stay counts towards your deductible. For example, you won’t have to pay a deductible for inpatient rehabilitation care if:
- You’re transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation facility directly from an acute care hospital.
- You’re admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility within 60 days of being discharged from a hospital.
What it is
Inpatient rehabilitation can help if you’re recovering from a serious surgery, illness, or injury and need an intensive rehabilitation therapy program, physician supervision, and coordinated care from your doctors and therapists.
Medicare-covered inpatient rehabilitation care includes:
- Rehabilitation services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology
- A semi-private room
- Meals
- Nursing services
- Prescription drugs
- Other hospital services and supplies
Medicare doesn’t cover:
- Private duty nursing
- A phone or television in your room (if there’s a separate charge for these items)
- Personal items, like toothpaste, socks, or razors (except when a hospital gives them as part of your hospital admission pack)
- A private room, unless medically necessary
Things to know
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers doctors’ services you get while you’re in an inpatient rehabilitation facility.