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Why am I responsible for more than 20% of Medicare covered charges?
This happens consistently.
And why does my medical practitioner jumble up the billing details just so that the total is the same as what Medicare says is "The Maximum You May Be Billed". It would take me far less time to check everything if they posted the same numbers for the same procedures.
Not enough info to answer your question too specifically - could be one of several different things.
Under Original Medicare - there are a few services or pay classifications that are covered differently -
If you can give more detail or examples, that would help to be more specific.