---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 411.550"
title: "20"
number: "411.550"
heading: "How are the outcome payments calculated under the outcome payment system?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/411.550"
---

# §411.550. How are the outcome payments calculated under the outcome payment system?


The amount of each monthly outcome payment under the outcome payment system is calculated as follows:

- (1) For title II disability beneficiaries (including concurrent title II/title XVI disability beneficiaries), an outcome payment is equal to 67% of the payment calculation base as defined in [§ 411.500(a)(1)](/cfr/20/411.500.md?p=a-1) for the calendar year in which the month occurs, rounded to the nearest whole dollar;
- (2) For title XVI disability beneficiaries (who are not concurrently title II/title XVI disability beneficiaries), an outcome payment is equal to 67% of the payment calculation base as defined in [§ 411.500(a)(2)](/cfr/20/411.500.md?p=a-2) for the calendar year in which the month occurs, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 29348, May 20, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5) and 1148 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5) and 1320b-19); sec. 101(b)-(e), Public Law 106-170, 113 Stat. 1860, 1873 (42 U.S.C. 1320b-19 note).

### Source

Source: 66 FR 67420, Dec. 28, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 29348, May 20, 2008]