Online Bill Payment for Medicare Premiums
Reading Time: 2 MinutesLast Updated: August 3, 2017
Social Security is here with tools and information to help you secure today and tomorrow. Did you know that you can pay your Medicare premiums online? If your bank offers the option to pay your bills online, you can use their service to pay for your Medicare premiums bill from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
You, or your representative, must sign up for your bank’s online bill payment process and you can contact your bank directly for assistance. Social Security and CMS are not involved in establishing the online bill pay service with your bank. Before you contact your bank to set up the process, make sure you have the following information available:
- Amount of your Medicare premium bill
- Account number: Medicare claim number without dashes. You can find this number on the red, white, and blue Medicare card.
- Biller name: CMS Medicare Insurance
- Biller’s address:
Medicare Premium Collection Center
P.O. Box 790355
St. Louis, MO 63179-0355
You’ll need to tell the bank how much money to deduct from your account to pay for the Medicare premium. You’ll also need to update the amount with your bank whenever there is a change in the Medicare premium amount. This usually happens in January when CMS announces the new Medicare premium rates. You can find more information at Medicare.gov or CMS’s online bill pay webpage.
Remember, CMS does not charge a fee for processing the electronic payments, but in some situations, a bank may charge their customers a fee for using their online bill payment service. If you have any questions about bill pay, please contact your bank or financial institution directly. You can also visit CMS’s online bill pay for more information on paying your Medicare premiums.
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Jim Borland, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Communications
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Roberta M.
Please tell me how to switch my medicare payment from directly taken out of my check to me paying the bill separately?
SeeKee L.
After I retired, company pays any medical expense up to $3,000, but receipts are required, so how do I get Medicare receipt every year I pay? Thank you very much.
SeeKee Lee
V.V.
Hi SeeKee, thank you for your question. For information about Medicare billing and receipts, please visit Medicare’s website at http://www.medicare.gov, or call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227; TTY 1-877-486-2048). Thank you!
Connie S.
I need to have my Medicare payments taken out of my checking account. How do I do this?
Sally C.
The links to online bill pay on this page do not work.
R.F.
Hello Sally, contact Medicare or go to http://www.Medicare.gov for online bill payment instructions. Thanks!
Robert G.
How do I go about getting Medicare Part B and having the Monthly Premium deducted from my Monthly Social Security Check?
V.V.
Hi Robert. Generally, individuals receiving Social Security benefits are automatically enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B.
If you are at least 64 years and 9 months old and aren’t receiving Social Security benefits, you can apply for Medicare A and B online.
If you already have Medicare Part A and need to sign up for Medicare Part B, there are some forms that you will need to complete. See our Frequently Asked Questions web page for details.
If you get Social Security, Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) or Civil Service benefits, your Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) premiums will get deducted from your benefit payment. If you don’t get Social Security payments, RRB, or Civil Service benefits, you’ll get a bill called a “Medicare Premium Bill” (CMS-500). Medicare offers four ways to pay your Medicare bill.
Leonarda D.
I would like to receive monthly billing instead of quarterly and would also like to pay through Bill Pay from my bank. How do I switch from quarterly to monthly. I d not want automatic withdrawals taken from Medicare. I want to control when to pay within the pay period through Bill Pay. Thank you.
Lyn N.
The online bill pay link is inactive.
Kathleen S.
What form do I need to stop Medicare Part B deductions? I now how a job with health benefits and no longer need Medicare Part B.
A.C.
Hi, Kathleen. Our policy requires, when possible, that a personal interview be conducted with everyone who wishes to terminate their Medicare Part B benefits. We can help you submit the required Form “CMS-1763/Request for Termination of Premium Hospital and /or Supplementary Medical Insurance”, or your signed request for termination. However, we need to speak to you personally before we terminate your Medicare benefits to be sure that you fully understand the consequences of doing so. Therefore, we do not offer Form CMS-1763 online. You can contact your local Social Security office for further assistance. Thanks!
hashem d.
Hi, My name is Hashem Dardashtian
My monthly medicare premium is automatically taken out from my account. Now I like to give you a new checking account to withdraw from there. I called Medicare and they said I have to ask social security . I’m on the phone over 50 minuted with social security and I still was not able to get anyone on the phone. I appreciate your help.
R.F.
Hello Hashem, there are 4 ways to pay your Medicare bill. You can pay directly from your bank account through your bank’s online bill payment service. For more information go to http://www.Medicare.gov. Thanks!
Juan R.
I turned 65 8-21-2018 on 9-21-2918 was one month on 10-21-2018 is two months And I’m been billed 530.00 dollars, for what. I can’t pay 530.00 dollars. I’ve talked to your billing department when it was 670.00 dollars I could not pay that amount so why do you think I can pay 530.00 dollars.
Thank you,