42 CFR § 424.121 - Scope of payments.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s424.121"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 424.121 - Scope of payments."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "424.121"
section_name: "Scope of payments."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "424"
part_name: "CONDITIONS FOR MEDICARE PAYMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 6634, Mar. 2, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "424"
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# 424.121 Scope of payments.
Subject to the conditions set forth in this subpart—
(a) Medicare Part A pays, in the amounts specified in § 413.74 of this chapter, for emergency and nonemergency inpatient hospital services furnished by a foreign hospital.
(b) Medicare Part B pays for certain physicians' services and ambulance services furnished in connection with covered inpatient care in a foreign hospital, as specified in § 424.124.
(c) All other services furnished outside the United States are excluded from Medicare coverage, as specified in § 411.9 of this chapter.
[53 FR 6634, Mar. 2, 1988, as amended at 71 FR 48143, Aug. 18, 2006]