$1,500 per person Burial Exclusion:
All beneficiaries are permitted a $1,500 per person burial exclusion from their resources. This exclusion can be taken into account by either reducing your resources by $1,500 per person (Medicare & You Handbook) or by increasing the resource limit by $1,500 per person (Most other Social Security Administration and Medicare documents). Below is a chart showing the resource figures with, and without taking into account the burial exclusion:
Maximum Resource Limit
With $1,500 Burial Exclusion
Without $1,500 Burial Exclusion
Individuals
$17,600
$16,100
Couples
$35,130
$32,130