{"id":"medicare-preventive-screening-services","name":"Medicare Preventive and Screening Services","provider":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","entitlement_type":"government-benefit","entitlement_type_label":"Government benefit","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route.","domain":"public-benefits","archetype":"direct-program","agent_instruction":"Identify the administering jurisdiction and disclose income, household, age, disability, immigration, residence, renewal, fee, and capacity rules that apply."},"summary":"Medicare Part B covers a broad set of preventive exams, vaccines, lab tests, screenings, counseling, and health-monitoring services, with most covered preventive services available at no out-of-pocket cost under the applicable rules.","benefit":{"description":"Medicare-covered preventive and screening services, including listed cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes, infectious-disease, behavioral-health, tobacco, wellness, vaccine, and nutrition services.","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Medicare Part B beneficiary who meets a preventive service's coverage rules"],"requirements":"The person must have Medicare Part B and meet the service's age, risk, timing, frequency, referral, and other coverage rules. To receive most services for no cost, the service must be covered and furnished by a provider who accepts Medicare assignment.","activation":"Review the service-specific coverage and frequency rules, confirm that the provider accepts assignment, schedule the preventive service, and ask in advance whether any additional diagnostic or noncovered service is planned.","cost_basis":"no-additional-cost","cost_basis_label":"Included with a qualifying relationship","cost_basis_context":{"classification":"included","definition":"The benefit adds no separate charge, but the user must already have an eligible card, account, insurance plan, library card, membership, employment, or similar relationship that may itself cost money.","agent_instruction":"Say included or no additional cost, not universally free, and name the qualifying relationship.","variation_patterns":null,"does_not_mean":null},"fees":"Most covered preventive services cost nothing when the provider accepts assignment, but not every service is free. Charges can apply for noncovered frequency, diagnostic follow-up, facility or other services, or providers who do not accept assignment.","personalized":false,"regions":["US","Medicare provider availability"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/preventive-screening-services","source_url":"https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/preventive-screening-services","source":{"primary_url":"https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/preventive-screening-services","evidence":[{"source":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","url":"https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/preventive-screening-services","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"national","family":"health-and-counseling","jurisdiction":"United States","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/medicare-preventive-screening-services","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}}