How Much Will Medicare Pay For A Nursing Home? 
When qualification is met for admittance to a nursing home Medicare bed , Medicare will pay all charges for a semiprivate room for the first 20 days -LRB- minus conveniences such as phone or TV -RRB- . For the next 80 days the nursing home resident must pay a co-pay . In 2013 , the co-pay is $ 148 . After that , Medicare does not pay for nursing home stay unless a new 100 day benefit period . 