The Rising Cost of Living Longer: Analysis of Medicare Spending by Age for Beneficiaries in Traditional Medicare

Tricia Neuman, Juliette Cubanski, Jennifer Huang, and Anthony Damico
Published: Jan 14, 2015

Table 1: Number of Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries over Age 65, Overall and for Survivors and Decedents, by Age, 2011
	Overall		Survivors		Decedents
AGE	Unweighted	Weighted	Unweighted	Weighted	Unweighted	Weighted
All 66+	1,439,676	28,793,520	1,370,351	27,407,020	69,325	1,386,500
66	96,517	1,930,340	95,109	1,902,180	1,408	28,160
67	93,560	1,871,200	92,080	1,841,600	1,480	29,600
68	93,353	1,867,060	91,694	1,833,880	1,659	33,180
69	88,334	1,766,680	86,847	1,736,940	1,487	29,740
70	77,273	1,545,460	75,733	1,514,660	1,540	30,800
71	71,692	1,433,840	70,208	1,404,160	1,484	29,680
72	67,395	1,347,900	65,707	1,314,140	1,688	33,760
73	66,584	1,331,680	64,726	1,294,520	1,858	37,160
74	61,984	1,239,680	60,292	1,205,840	1,692	33,840
75	58,943	1,178,860	57,053	1,141,060	1,890	37,800
76	56,197	1,123,940	54,233	1,084,660	1,964	39,280
77	53,008	1,060,160	51,061	1,021,220	1,947	38,940
78	49,220	984,400	47,134	942,680	2,086	41,720
79	48,423	968,460	46,152	923,040	2,271	45,420
80	46,595	931,900	44,149	882,980	2,446	48,920
81	46,054	921,080	43,404	868,080	2,650	53,000
82	42,425	848,500	39,803	796,060	2,622	52,440
83	40,799	815,980	37,914	758,280	2,885	57,700
84	39,115	782,300	36,185	723,700	2,930	58,600
85	35,526	710,520	32,525	650,500	3,001	60,020
86	32,763	655,260	29,627	592,540	3,136	62,720
87	30,218	604,360	27,145	542,900	3,073	61,460
88	26,613	532,260	23,644	472,880	2,969	59,380
89	23,587	471,740	20,676	413,520	2,911	58,220
90	20,870	417,400	18,108	362,160	2,762	55,240
91	17,094	341,880	14,538	290,760	2,556	51,120
92	13,071	261,420	10,959	219,180	2,112	42,240
93	11,084	221,680	9,159	183,180	1,925	38,500
94	8,472	169,440	6,879	137,580	1,593	31,860
95	6,512	130,240	5,196	103,920	1,316	26,320
96	4,941	98,820	3,871	77,420	1,070	21,400
97	3,688	73,760	2,809	56,180	879	17,580
98	2,651	53,020	2,026	40,520	625	12,500
99	1,903	38,060	1,386	27,720	517	10,340
100	1,198	23,960	854	17,080	344	6,880
101	819	16,380	608	12,160	211	4,220
102	557	11,140	399	7,980	158	3,160
103	393	7,860	279	5,580	114	2,280
104	245	4,900	179	3,580	66	1,320
NOTE: Analysis includes beneficiaries in traditional Medicare only (excludes beneficiaries with Medicare Advantage). SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of a 5 percent sample of Medicare claims from the CMS Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse, 2011.

Table 2: Amount and Distribution of Medicare Per Capita Spending Overall and By Type of Service for Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries over Age 65, by Age, 2011
	TOTAL PER CAPITA		Inpatient hospital		Outpatient hospital		Part B providers/ services/ supplies		Part B and D prescription drugs		Skilled nursing facility		Home health		Hospice
AGE	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%
All 66+	$9,839	100%	$3,230	33%	$1,239	13%	$2,336	24%	$1,255	13%	$911	9%	$538	5%	$331	3%
66	5,562	100	1,848	33	868	16	1,494	27	903	16	219	4	176	3	53	1
67	6,163	100	2,025	33	972	16	1,671	27	989	16	247	4	199	3	60	1
68	6,605	100	2,163	33	1,043	16	1,794	27	1,047	16	264	4	222	3	72	1
69	6,998	100	2,292	33	1,093	16	1,919	27	1,088	16	304	4	236	3	67	1
70	7,566	100	2,450	32	1,159	15	2,054	27	1,191	16	349	5	279	4	84	1
71	8,046	100	2,623	33	1,239	15	2,177	27	1,232	15	383	5	302	4	89	1
72	8,577	100	2,841	33	1,279	15	2,296	27	1,290	15	428	5	335	4	109	1
73	8,963	100	2,951	33	1,316	15	2,415	27	1,297	14	490	5	355	4	139	2
74	9,217	100	3,019	33	1,333	14	2,467	27	1,329	14	543	6	399	4	126	1
75	9,760	100	3,259	33	1,382	14	2,543	26	1,333	14	648	7	432	4	162	2
76	9,993	100	3,321	33	1,398	14	2,596	26	1,344	13	695	7	465	5	173	2
77	10,656	100	3,536	33	1,465	14	2,673	25	1,437	13	796	7	526	5	223	2
78	10,951	100	3,734	34	1,429	13	2,711	25	1,376	13	896	8	562	5	244	2
79	11,282	100	3,850	34	1,449	13	2,763	24	1,399	12	941	8	614	5	266	2
80	11,618	100	3,962	34	1,440	12	2,763	24	1,394	12	1,073	9	664	6	322	3
81	11,883	100	3,985	34	1,420	12	2,776	23	1,420	12	1,198	10	697	6	388	3
82	12,358	100	4,208	34	1,419	11	2,825	23	1,441	12	1,297	10	766	6	402	3
83	12,978	100	4,388	34	1,469	11	2,884	22	1,467	11	1,483	11	832	6	455	4
84	13,353	100	4,521	34	1,414	11	2,860	21	1,413	11	1,730	13	885	7	530	4
85	13,466	100	4,490	33	1,372	10	2,818	21	1,396	10	1,832	14	969	7	588	4
86	13,987	100	4,575	33	1,365	10	2,838	20	1,430	10	2,043	15	1,030	7	706	5
87	14,116	100	4,657	33	1,276	9	2,815	20	1,408	10	2,078	15	1,096	8	785	6
88	14,423	100	4,585	32	1,281	9	2,773	19	1,386	10	2,320	16	1,188	8	891	6
89	14,881	100	4,799	32	1,290	9	2,752	18	1,374	9	2,451	16	1,209	8	1,005	7
90	14,745	100	4,573	31	1,242	8	2,640	18	1,344	9	2,583	18	1,233	8	1,132	8
91	15,011	100	4,633	31	1,183	8	2,599	17	1,376	9	2,667	18	1,307	9	1,246	8
92	15,361	100	4,575	30	1,117	7	2,542	17	1,375	9	2,857	19	1,329	9	1,567	10
93	15,682	100	4,778	30	1,126	7	2,505	16	1,313	8	2,900	18	1,389	9	1,671	11
94	15,602	100	4,571	29	1,111	7	2,446	16	1,353	9	2,890	19	1,384	9	1,847	12
95	15,732	100	4,432	28	1,104	7	2,329	15	1,302	8	3,088	20	1,415	9	2,063	13
96	16,145	100	4,514	28	1,062	7	2,322	14	1,337	8	3,149	20	1,462	9	2,299	14
97	15,490	100	4,346	28	976	6	2,218	14	1,279	8	2,809	18	1,387	9	2,474	16
98	15,620	100	4,129	26	995	6	2,165	14	1,270	8	3,263	21	1,321	8	2,477	16
99	14,497	100	3,697	26	864	6	1,881	13	1,312	9	2,506	17	1,291	9	2,947	20
100	15,411	100	4,122	27	808	5	2,007	13	1,168	8	2,953	19	1,304	8	3,049	20
101	14,034	100	3,358	24	814	6	1,667	12	994	7	2,363	17	1,381	10	3,458	25
102	13,427	100	3,181	24	758	6	1,559	12	1,009	8	2,298	17	1,081	8	3,541	26
103	11,919	100	2,741	23	732	6	1,421	12	914	8	1,744	15	1,005	8	3,362	28
104	11,337	100	2,861	25	526	5	1,171	10	630	6	1,982	17	610	5	3,558	31
NOTE: Analysis includes beneficiaries in traditional Medicare only (excludes beneficiaries with Medicare Advantage). SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of a 5 percent sample of Medicare claims from the CMS Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse, 2011.

Table 3: Amount and Distribution of Medicare Per Capita Spending Overall and By Type of Service for Decedents in Traditional Medicare over Age 65, by Age, 2011
	TOTAL PER CAPITA		Inpatient hospital		Outpatient hospital		Part B providers/ services/ supplies		Part B and D prescription drugs		Skilled nursing facility		Home health		Hospice
AGE	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%
All 66+	$33,486	100%	$16,998	51%	$1,998	6%	$4,485	13%	$1,582	5%	$3,944	12%	$1,245	4%	$3,235	10%
66	38,529	100	22,209	58	3,134	8	5,686	15	2,356	6	2,051	5	1,086	3	2,007	5
67	42,136	100	24,748	59	3,435	8	6,137	15	2,500	6	2,223	5	920	2	2,172	5
68	41,462	100	23,920	58	3,308	8	5,981	14	2,648	6	2,328	6	987	2	2,290	6
69	42,564	100	24,651	58	3,822	9	6,028	14	2,285	5	2,547	6	1,057	2	2,173	5
70	42,933	100	24,508	57	3,426	8	6,173	14	2,728	6	2,711	6	1,135	3	2,252	5
71	41,226	100	23,471	57	3,118	8	6,132	15	2,763	7	2,576	6	1,030	2	2,135	5
72	40,382	100	23,336	58	2,922	7	5,918	15	2,380	6	2,604	6	1,013	3	2,208	5
73	40,506	100	22,793	56	3,056	8	5,926	15	2,185	5	2,994	7	1,144	3	2,408	6
74	42,077	100	22,898	54	3,017	7	6,207	15	2,307	5	3,650	9	1,250	3	2,748	7
75	40,372	100	22,410	56	2,916	7	5,627	14	2,031	5	3,439	9	1,232	3	2,717	7
76	39,242	100	21,375	54	2,640	7	5,687	14	2,220	6	3,364	9	1,101	3	2,855	7
77	41,141	100	22,296	54	2,713	7	5,833	14	2,292	6	3,756	9	1,404	3	2,847	7
78	39,344	100	21,153	54	2,558	7	5,532	14	1,907	5	4,105	10	1,214	3	2,877	7
79	36,959	100	19,919	54	2,382	6	5,070	14	1,867	5	3,642	10	1,309	4	2,771	7
80	35,794	100	19,075	53	2,126	6	4,930	14	1,612	5	3,773	11	1,317	4	2,960	8
81	35,092	100	18,059	51	2,025	6	4,829	14	1,629	5	4,002	11	1,406	4	3,142	9
82	35,025	100	18,444	53	1,965	6	4,696	13	1,353	4	4,230	12	1,216	3	3,120	9
83	35,256	100	18,326	52	2,002	6	4,660	13	1,445	4	4,550	13	1,280	4	2,992	8
84	34,051	100	17,016	50	1,861	5	4,513	13	1,390	4	4,772	14	1,367	4	3,131	9
85	32,431	100	15,958	49	1,626	5	4,201	13	1,243	4	4,668	14	1,373	4	3,361	10
86	30,994	100	14,826	48	1,419	5	4,032	13	1,124	4	4,678	15	1,341	4	3,575	12
87	31,306	100	14,753	47	1,487	5	4,034	13	1,280	4	4,809	15	1,342	4	3,602	12
88	29,486	100	13,680	46	1,312	4	3,718	13	1,160	4	4,749	16	1,343	5	3,524	12
89	29,148	100	13,415	46	1,363	5	3,560	12	1,047	4	4,816	17	1,295	4	3,651	13
90	26,687	100	11,446	43	1,330	5	3,314	12	1,066	4	4,314	16	1,396	5	3,821	14
91	26,382	100	11,083	42	1,148	4	3,213	12	1,120	4	4,589	17	1,301	5	3,928	15
92	26,240	100	10,871	41	1,071	4	2,970	11	1,029	4	4,890	19	1,295	5	4,114	16
93	25,716	100	10,900	42	1,087	4	2,988	12	885	3	4,468	17	1,255	5	4,135	16
94	23,508	100	9,386	40	1,050	4	2,679	11	950	4	4,043	17	1,255	5	4,144	18
95	21,993	100	8,085	37	883	4	2,424	11	926	4	4,004	18	1,162	5	4,510	21
96	22,897	100	8,878	39	846	4	2,580	11	970	4	3,974	17	1,226	5	4,424	19
97	21,716	100	8,139	37	845	4	2,429	11	908	4	3,745	17	1,249	6	4,400	20
98	22,033	100	7,969	36	789	4	2,442	11	1,092	5	4,099	19	1,179	5	4,464	20
99	17,518	100	6,056	35	712	4	1,812	10	818	5	2,945	17	682	4	4,494	26
100	20,318	100	7,080	35	623	3	2,144	11	707	3	4,269	21	931	5	4,563	22
101	17,454	100	5,775	33	816	5	1,928	11	667	4	2,277	13	1,133	6	4,856	28
102	19,238	100	6,205	32	779	4	1,783	9	800	4	2,464	13	1,012	5	6,195	32
103	15,099	100	4,913	33	577	4	1,578	10	864	6	2,148	14	931	6	4,088	27
104	19,372	100	6,512	34	477	2	1,871	10	629	3	3,348	17	800	4	5,735	30
NOTE: Analysis includes beneficiaries in traditional Medicare only (excludes beneficiaries with Medicare Advantage). SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of a 5 percent sample of Medicare claims from the CMS Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse, 2011.

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