COLA Ledger

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2011 Medicare Part B premium — $115.40

Standard monthly Part B premium, 2011

$115.40

+$5 on 2010. The annual deductible was $162, +$7 on the year before.

Standard premium
$115.40per month
Annual deductible
$162
Change on 2010
+$54.43%
Highest tier
$369.105 income brackets

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 2010 became $2,000 gross with the 0.0% adjustment — a rise of +$0. After the premium went from $110.50 to $115.40, the payment rose +$0, an effective 0.00%.

A $2,000 benefit through the 2011 adjustment and premium
20102011
Gross monthly benefit$2,000$2,000
Part B premium$110.50$110.50
Net payment$1,889$1,889

The full ledger for a $2,000 benefit at current rates carries the annual figures and the percentile context.

The 2011 income-related tiers

Anyone whose modified adjusted gross income on the 2009 tax return crossed the first threshold paid more than the standard premium. The adjustment is a flat dollar amount per tier, not a percentage of income, and it steps at the bracket boundary rather than phasing in.

2011 Medicare Part B income-related monthly adjustment, by 2009 modified adjusted gross income
SingleMarried filing jointlyAdjustmentTotal Part B
Up to $85,000Up to $170,000none$115.40
$85,001 to $107,000$170,001 to $214,000$46.10$161.50
$107,001 to $160,000$214,001 to $320,000$115.30$230.70
$160,001 to $214,000$320,001 to $428,000$184.50$299.90
$214,001 and above$428,001 and above$253.70$369.10

The 2011 brackets in detail, including the reconstruction check — every tier is verified against the statutory multipliers as well as against the notice.

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Sources and freshness

Every year page draws on that year’s own Federal Register notice, retrieved from govinfo rather than from cms.gov.

Figures effective 1 January 2011. Page figures last verified against the sources above on 10 August 2026. Corrections: the correction log · support@inventum.com.au