Medical Travel Deduction for multiple days

[sk-tt]

Had to go to the hospital over several days for various tests and doctor meetings.  

What can be deducted in the following scenario?

Scenario: 

Day One: Travel from Home to Hospital (200 miles one way) for consultation with Doctor and then traveled to a family member's house (50 miles) to stay overnight.

Day Two:  From the family member's house went back to the hospital to get treatment (50 miles).  Traveled back to family member's house to stay overnight (50 miles).

Day Three:  Again, had to go from Family Member's house back for another treatment (50 miles). And then traveled back to family member's house to stay overnight (50 miles).

Day Four:  From Family member's house to back Home (220 miles).

Questions:

Mileage:  What mileage can be used for deductions?

Lodging:  We would stay at a hotel if we didn't have a family member willing to give us lodging, can staying at the family member's house be the same as amount ($100/night for 2 people) as a hotel?  Or do we need hotel receipts?

Thanks for your feedback.

[AmyC]

The medical deduction is to claim money spent out of pocket after taxes.

• All medical miles to any doctors, dentist, vision, prescription, etc counts as medical mileage including your scenario. The mileage to sleep somewhere (hotel or family) would be included in the travel miles.
• As for the lodging, your kind family members cost you nothing out of pocket. This would mean no deduction. Well, maybe you did spend a little on something as a thank you. I don't know what kind of family members you have. 

The federal medical deduction begins after 7.5% of your income and only counts if you itemize, which most people don't.

Publication 502, Medical and Dental Expenses

About Schedule A (Form 1040), Itemized Deductions

[sk-tt]

Thank you Amy!  Knowing that staying at a family member's house to and from medical appointments is a deduction is helpful. 

We did thank our relatives by taking them out to dinner, but not sure that is a deduction, :-). 

We'll probably take the standard deduction for 2023, but our trips to the hospital and the need for more medical supplies may increase in 2024, so any and all info is helpful.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.