Burney Medicaid spending for Medicine Services and Procedures rises to $78,946 in 2024

Burney’s Medicaid providers billed a total of $78,946 for Medicine Services and Procedures in 2024, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represents an 80.2% rise compared with 2023, when providers billed $43,804 for the same category of services.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program operated at the state level and funded jointly by state and federal governments. The program insures low-income people and families, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system.

Because Medicaid funding comes from taxpayers, local changes in billing amounts reflect the way public health care funds are distributed throughout the community.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” category covers a set of Medicaid-billed services defined by the type of care, based on standardized HCPCS and CPT code ranges. For this review, billing codes were grouped under a single service category using uniform code prefixes and ranges to examine similar services together, prevent double counting, and maintain accurate rankings across years.

Medicine Services and Procedures ranked as the fourth largest Medicaid payment category in Burney for 2024, despite spending increases across several categories.

Statewide in California, Medicine Services and Procedures was the third most-funded Medicaid category during 2024.

From the prior five years through 2024, Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Burney climbed by $65,308, translating to a 478.9% increase. There were accelerated periods of growth, particularly with significant annual gains in 2022 and 2023.

Though payments for this care category occurred throughout the city, claims were especially concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 96013 accounted for $78,945, representing 100% of all Medicine Services and Procedures Medicaid payments in Burney for the year.

Additionally, Medicaid payments within this category were focused among a small number of specific billing codes.

For context, Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Burney increased by 80.2% between 2024 and 2023, while all Medicaid claim categories in the city saw a collective change of 8.2% in the same span.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total federal and state Medicaid spending was about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of total national health expenditures. This is a notable increase from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This surge reflects approximately 40% growth over several years, primarily due to expanded enrollment and greater health care utilization during and following the pandemic.

Federal budget laws signed under the Trump administration have included broad changes aimed at reducing federal Medicaid funding and restructuring the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending over the next decade. The law introduces work requirements and increased cost-sharing that could decrease coverage and funding for some beneficiaries. As a result, more financial responsibility is likely to shift to states and restrict future federal Medicaid support, even as the program continues to support tens of millions of Americans.

Note: HCPCS codes are shown for context within the category. Category totals and rankings in this article are based on standardized service groupings rather than individual billing codes.

Information in this article was obtained from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The source data can be found here.