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Medicare Part B does cover diagnostic X-rays if your doctor or another health care provider determines they are medically necessary.
After you meet your yearly Medicare Part B deductible ($240in 2024), you will typically pay 20 percent of the Medicare-approved amount for the X-ray.
Learn more about how Medicare covers X-rays and other diagnostic services, as well as ways you may be able to save money on your Medicare health coverage costs.
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There are two terms that may be helpful to know to better understand how Medicare pays for X-rays.
As mentioned above, if your X-ray is determined to be medically necessary, you will pay 20 percent of the Medicare-approved amount.
Medicare Part B may help cover some additional services related to your bone health and other health conditions that result in an X-ray.
Part B will cover bone mass measurements once every 24 months (or more often if necessary) if you have an increased risk of osteoporosis.
If your X-rays show that you have possible osteoporosis, vertebral fractures or osteopenia, Medicare Part B will cover your bone mass measurements in full, as long as your doctor accepts Medicare assignment.
Medicare Part B does not cover X-rays if they are ordered by a chiropractor. Your X-rays are only covered by Medicare when they are ordered by a medical doctor or other health care provider for diagnostic purposes.
Medicare Part B does cover some chiropractic services. Specifically, Medicare will help cover manual manipulation of your spine if it is medically necessary in treatment of a subluxation (when a bone or bones in your spine are out of position).
If you have a Medicare Advantage plan (Medicare Part C), your X-rays will be covered in exactly the same way as someone with Original Medicare (Medicare Part A and Part B).
A Medicare Advantage plan covers the same benefits offered by Original Medicare and can offer benefits not covered by Original Medicare.
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Christian Worstell is a senior Medicare and health insurance writer with MedicareAdvantage.com. He is also a licensed health insurance agent. Christian is well-known in the insurance industry for the thousands of educational articles he’s written, helping Americans better understand their health insurance and Medicare coverage.
Christian’s work as a Medicare expert has appeared in several top-tier and trade news outlets including Forbes, MarketWatch, WebMD and Yahoo! Finance.
Christian has written hundreds of articles for MedicareAvantage.com that teach Medicare beneficiaries the best practices for navigating Medicare. His articles are read by thousands of older Americans each month. By better understanding their health care coverage, readers may hopefully learn how to limit their out-of-pocket Medicare spending and access quality medical care.
Christian’s passion for his role stems from his desire to make a difference in the senior community. He strongly believes that the more beneficiaries know about their Medicare coverage, the better their overall health and wellness is as a result.
A current resident of Raleigh, Christian is a graduate of Shippensburg University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
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