CFR > Title 20 - Employees' Benefits > CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION > PART 418—MEDICARE SUBSIDIES > SUBPART C—Income-Related Monthly Adjustments to Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Premiums (§418.2001 to §418.2355) > 418.2115—What are the modified adjusted gross income ranges?

418.2115—What are the modified adjusted gross income ranges?

(a) We list the modified adjusted gross income ranges for the calendar years 2011 through and including 2019 for each Federal tax filing category in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this section. We will use your modified adjusted gross income amount together with your tax filing status to determine the amount of your income-related monthly adjustment for these calendar years.
(b) For calendar years 2011 through and including 2019, the modified adjusted gross income ranges for individuals with a Federal tax filing status of single, head of household, qualifying widow(er) with dependent child, and married filing separately when the individual has lived apart from his/her spouse for the entire tax year for the year we use to make our income-related monthly adjustment amount determination are as follows:
(1) Greater than $85,000 and less than or equal to $107,000;
(2) Greater than $107,000 and less than or equal to $160,000;
(3) Greater than $160,000 and less than or equal to $214,000; and
(4) Greater than $214,000.
(c) For calendar years 2011 through and including 2019, the modified adjusted gross income ranges for individuals who are married and filed a joint tax return for the tax year we use to make the income-related monthly adjustment amount determination are as follows:
(1) Greater than $170,000 and less than or equal to $214,000;
(2) Greater than $214,000 and less than or equal to $320,000;
(3) Greater than $320,000 and less than or equal to $428,000; and
(4) Greater than $428,000.
(d) For calendar years 2011 through and including 2019, the modified adjusted gross income ranges for married individuals who file a separate return and have lived with their spouse at any time during the tax year we use to make the income-related monthly adjustment amount determination are as follows:
(1) Greater than $85,000 and less than or equal to $129,000; and
(2) Greater than $129,000.
(e) In 2019, CMS will set all modified adjusted gross income ranges for 2020 and publish them in the Federal Register. In each year thereafter, CMS will set all modified adjusted gross income ranges and publish the amounts for each range prior to the beginning of each subsequent year.