---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 424.52"
title: "42"
number: "424.52"
heading: "Payment to a nonparticipating hospital."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/424.52"
---

# §424.52. Payment to a nonparticipating hospital.


Medicare pays a nonparticipating hospital for the following services, if covered, in the specified circumstances:

- (a) Emergency inpatient and outpatient services furnished by a U.S. hospital, if the hospital has in effect an election to claim payment in accordance with subpart G of this part.
- (b) Certain medical and other health services covered under Medicare Part B and furnished by a U.S. hospital, if the hospital meets the requirements of [§ 424.55](/cfr/42/424.55.md) for payment as a supplier.
- (c) Emergency or nonemergency inpatient services furnished by a foreign hospital if the hospital has in effect an election to claim payment in accordance with subpart G of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 6634, Mar. 2, 1988, unless otherwise noted.