2006 Medicare Part B premium — $88.50
Standard monthly Part B premium, 2006
$88.50
+$10 on 2005. The annual deductible was $124, +$14 on the year before.
- Standard premium
- $88.50per month
- Annual deductible
- $124
- Change on 2005
- +$1013.17%
What it did to a Social Security payment
The Part B premium is withheld from the Social Security payment, so it lands in the same January as the cost-of-living adjustment and the two move against each other. A $2,000 monthly benefit in 2005 became $2,082 gross with the 4.1% adjustment — a rise of +$82. After the premium went from $78.20 to $88.50, the payment rose +$72, an effective 3.75%.
| 2005 | 2006 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross monthly benefit | $2,000 | $2,082 |
| Part B premium | $78.20 | $88.50 |
| Net payment | $1,921 | $1,993 |
The full ledger for a $2,000 benefit at current rates carries the annual figures and the percentile context.
No income-related table is committed for this year
The Federal Register notice for 2006 states the tier percentages in prose but publishes no bracket table, and this site does not hand-key a table it could not read from a primary source. The standard premium and deductible above are primary-sourced and complete. The coverage gaps are listed in full.
Related
- Every year22 premium years
- IRMAA bracketsall committed years
- Hold harmlessthe premium cap
- The 2006 COLA4.1%
- Offset calculatoryour amount
- The net raisethe study
Sources and freshness
- Federal Register — Medicare Program; Medicare Part B Monthly Actuarial Rates, Premium Rate, and Annual Deductible for Calendar Year 2006 — verified 10 August 2026
- SSA POMS HI 01101.020 — Income-related monthly adjustment amount — verified 10 August 2026
Every year page draws on that year’s own Federal Register notice, retrieved from govinfo rather than from cms.gov.
Figures effective 1 January 2006. Page figures last verified against the sources above on 10 August 2026. Corrections: the correction log · support@inventum.com.au