Medicare Part B premium for 2019

[traderparker]

My AGI is just over 170,00. Will I have to pay a higher Part B premium in 2019 or has the 170,000 threshold been increased.

[golfruless54]

What AGI year for Part B premium in 2019?

[DianeW · Accepted solution]

For 2018 and 2019 the Medicare Part B Premium will be. 

• Individuals with income between $85,000 to $107,000 or married couples with income between $170,000 to $214,000, the Part B monthly premium amount would be Standard premium + $53.50 = $187.50.
• Individuals with income between $107,000 to $133,500 or married couples with income between $214,000 to $267,000, the Part B monthly premium amount would be Standard premium + $133.90 = $267.90.
  

The income thresholds that determine the income-related premium payments are frozen through 2019, but will increase by about 2 percent in 2020 and will be indexed after that for general price inflation.

[aglassberg733]

If you're just over the $170,000 threshhold and have an IRA, consider making some qualified charitable distributions (qcd's) to bring yourself back under $170,000.  You could always make a contribution late in the current year that you otherwise would have made sometime in the following year.

[aglassberg733]

You do need to be at least 70-1/2 for this to work though.

[SweetieJean]

<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10536.pdf">https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10536.pdf</a>

[VolvoGirl]

Update:  see these 2 links for current (Oct 2018) info

https://www.medicare.gov/your-medicare-costs/part-b-costs

https://lc-pod-1-prod-2-uploads-us-west-2.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/assets/125117/original.pdf?AWSAcc...