As a reminder, the benchmark premium is the maximum monthly premium that will be paid by CMS for persons qualifying for LIS or the Medicare Part D " Extra Help" program. If a person receiving the low-income subsidy (LIS) enrolls in a Medicare Part D plan that has a premium higher than the subsidy amount listed below for their state, the beneficiary is responsible for paying the difference in premiums* (however, see the explanation of the de minimis premium policy below).
You can click on the premium subsidy for your state to see the plans for the selected year qualifying for the $0 premium (2018 Medicare Part D plan information available starting October 1, 2017).
CMS Region | State(s) |
2018 Subsidy |
2017 Subsidy |
2016 Subsidy |
2015 Subsidy |
2014 Subsidy |
2013 Subsidy |
2012 Subsidy |
2011 Subsidy |
2010 Subsidy |
2009 Subsidy |
2008 Subsidy |
2007 Subsidy |
2006 Subsidy |
1 | NH, ME | $34.27 | $32.99 | $32.82 | $29.60 | $27.78 | $33.49 | $31.18 | $28.90 | $26.96 | $28.12 | $30.64 | $30.72 | $36.09 |
2 | CT, MA, RI, VT | $35.58 | $34.83 | $31.14 | $29.65 | $27.99 | $31.35 | $32.04 | $33.66 | $34.57 | $31.74 | $29.17 | $27.35 | $30.27 |
3 | NY | $38.98 | $40.99 | $39.73 | $36.94 | $37.23 | $43.22 | $39.79 | $38.69 | $33.32 | $27.71 | $24.18 | $24.45 | $29.83 |
4 | NJ | $35.97 | $40.81 | $39.98 | $37.64 | $37.10 | $37.04 | $36.00 | $35.74 | $35.01 | $30.99 | $31.23 | $28.12 | $31.37 |
5 | DE, DC, MD | $30.70 | $33.22 | $33.45 | $30.61 | $32.34 | $34.96 | $34.57 | $34.28 | $33.71 | $30.85 | $30.78 | $29.65 | $33.46 |
6 | PA, WV | $37.18 | $39.45 | $35.30 | $33.91 | $35.50 | $36.57 | $34.32 | $34.07 | $32.09 | $29.23 | $26.59 | $28.45 | $32.59 |
7 | VA | $30.05 | $32.52 | $32.78 | $29.47 | $29.34 | $30.06 | $30.95 | $33.25 | $34.15 | $31.72 | $31.03 | $30.52 | $34.42 |
8 | NC | $30.16 | $31.37 | $31.07 | $29.34 | $28.28 | $32.04 | $33.00 | $34.87 | $34.90 | $33.45 | $33.43 | $32.13 | $36.30 |
9 | SC | $23.03 | $26.03 | $26.57 | $28.78 | $33.87 | $38.75 | $36.15 | $36.90 | $35.02 | $32.01 | $31.12 | $31.41 | $34.88 |
10 | GA | $24.53 | $26.43 | $25.78 | $26.47 | $29.32 | $34.22 | $31.18 | $32.83 | $29.62 | $29.16 | $30.04 | $31.07 | $33.15 |
11 | FL | $29.07 | $29.13 | $28.07 | $25.83 | $22.13 | $24.76 | $23.82 | $25.41 | $27.45 | $21.47 | $19.16 | $22.63 | $29.07 |
12 | AL, TN | $30.62 | $31.76 | $31.32 | $30.20 | $29.67 | $33.69 | $31.71 | $33.72 | $30.73 | $29.80 | $28.29 | $29.60 | $32.33 |
13 | MI | $33.28 | $34.17 | $33.47 | $31.46 | $32.46 | $34.18 | $34.37 | $34.71 | $34.92 | $32.08 | $30.49 | $30.79 | $33.22 |
14 | OH | $31.95 | $32.30 | $29.52 | $28.64 | $28.93 | $29.87 | $29.41 | $29.67 | $30.47 | $28.40 | $26.82 | $28.51 | $30.69 |
15 | IN, KY | $31.24 | $32.06 | $31.90 | $31.79 | $34.95 | $37.22 | $35.92 | $36.44 | $35.75 | $33.95 | $33.50 | $32.42 | $35.69 |
16 | WI | $40.04 | $40.09 | $37.70 | $35.32 | $37.03 | $38.25 | $36.67 | $36.96 | $38.20 | $38.15 | $31.03 | $29.67 | $31.27 |
17 | IL | $27.50 | $28.68 | $29.60 | $28.23 | $28.59 | $30.94 | $30.23 | $30.65 | $31.59 | $30.18 | $30.26 | $29.66 | $31.60 |
18 | MO | $29.99 | $30.07 | $26.13 | $28.28 | $31.21 | $34.59 | $32.05 | $34.92 | $40.01 | $31.89 | $26.71 | $27.88 | $31.37 |
19 | AR | $22.56 | $22.58 | $20.92 | $24.76 | $30.03 | $34.15 | $31.62 | $32.12 | $28.48 | $26.89 | $27.69 | $30.51 | $35.45 |
20 | MS | $25.81 | $26.53 | $28.14 | $29.33 | $30.56 | $34.56 | $33.40 | $33.01 | $33.02 | $31.53 | $31.35 | $31.70 | $36.39 |
21 | LA | $30.92 | $32.80 | $32.13 | $31.28 | $31.75 | $37.33 | $35.01 | $34.75 | $31.32 | $27.48 | $24.62 | $28.45 | $34.14 |
22 | TX | $24.59 | $27.34 | $28.05 | $27.31 | $27.73 | $31.83 | $29.99 | $30.48 | $27.53 | $25.36 | $25.01 | $26.93 | $31.68 |
23 | OK | $29.65 | $30.83 | $30.72 | $29.97 | $30.18 | $32.80 | $31.53 | $33.62 | $32.31 | $29.36 | $28.04 | $30.35 | $35.13 |
24 | KS | $31.43 | $30.27 | $30.67 | $30.32 | $34.21 | $36.04 | $36.67 | $36.94 | $35.77 | $33.66 | $30.62 | $30.56 | $33.44 |
25 | IA, MN, MT, ND, NE, SD, WY | $33.99 | $34.02 | $30.93 | $30.00 | $32.23 | $34.61 | $36.02 | $37.47 | $37.55 | $33.19 | $30.61 | $29.50 | $33.11 |
26 | NM | $24.60 | $22.84 | $20.72 | $21.19 | $19.92 | $22.54 | $21.27 | $22.62 | $21.42 | $20.55 | $19.28 | $22.72 | $25.95 |
27 | CO | $34.18 | $32.04 | $29.89 | $28.93 | $26.90 | $31.92 | $32.38 | $32.85 | $30.99 | $30.17 | $24.59 | $27.37 | $28.92 |
28 | AZ | $32.88 | $35.11 | $33.17 | $32.89 | $27.49 | $29.41 | $26.84 | $27.34 | $24.75 | $16.22 | $15.92 | $21.37 | $24.62 |
29 | NV | $27.08 | $27.09 | $25.38 | $24.25 | $22.78 | $20.35 | $22.97 | $30.06 | $27.31 | $20.20** | $16.64 | $20.56 | $23.46 |
30 | OR, WA | $34.58 | $34.83 | $33.80 | $33.81 | $34.82 | $37.46 | $36.45 | $35.30 | $35.60 | $31.76 | $30.19 | $28.71 | $30.60 |
31 | ID, UT | $40.24 | $39.66 | $39.51 | $39.74 | $39.02 | $42.15 | $40.86 | $40.68 | $40.89 | $37.46 | $33.53 | $31.77 | $33.62 |
32 | CA | $35.51 | $36.28 | $31.05 | $28.84 | $28.10 | $29.88 | $30.86 | $32.35 | $28.99 | $24.86 | $19.80 | $21.03 | $23.25 |
33 | HI | $25.38 | $26.52 | $26.23 | $27.91 | $25.69 | $33.33 | $30.41 | $29.76 | $25.55 | $25.01 | $24.32 | $26.35 | $27.44 |
34 | AK | $32.92 | $34.06 | $36.36 | $32.86 | $37.07 | $34.71 | $36.46 | $36.89 | $38.00 | $36.00 | $36.42 | $33.56 | $34.66 |