Medicaid payments for Temporary Codes services in Sacaton rise 45% to $25,326 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Sacaton billed $25,326 for services categorized under Temporary Codes, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This represents a 45% increase from 2023, when $17,469 in claims were submitted for these services.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program jointly financed by federal and state governments, provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, as well as seniors, children, and people with disabilities. It remains one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid payments are taxpayer funded, variations in local billing offer a look at how public health expenditures are allocated within a community.

The Temporary Codes category includes a range of Medicaid-billed services classified by the nature of care, using standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this analysis, each billing code was assigned to just one service category based on code prefixes and numerical ranges, allowing for a clear examination of service usage while preventing double counting and ensuring valid rankings over time.

Though Medicaid spending grew across a number of service areas, Temporary Codes ranked eighth in total Medicaid payments for Sacaton in 2024.

Statewide in Arizona, Temporary Codes ranked 22nd by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

From five years prior to 2024, Medicaid spending on Temporary Codes in Sacaton increased by $1,687, or 7.1%. At certain points, spending growth sped up, with notable increases from year to year in both 2020 and 2023.

Payments for services in the Temporary Codes category were distributed citywide, but a handful of ZIP codes accounted for most of the Medicaid spending. In 2024, ZIP code 85247 made up $25,325 of Medicaid payments for Temporary Codes. The top 1 ZIP codes comprised 100% of all citywide Medicaid payments tied to Temporary Codes that year.

For Temporary Codes, Medicaid spending was mainly concentrated in a small set of specific billing codes.

For context, Medicaid payments for Temporary Codes in Sacaton climbed by 45% from 2023 to 2024, compared to a 27.4% change across all Medicaid claim categories in Sacaton during that period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, accounting for an estimated 18% of national health care expenditures—up significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This represents a growth of about 40% in only a few years, fueled in large part by higher enrollment and increased utilization during and following the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have proposed major changes to federal Medicaid funding and structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion in the coming decade, introducing work requirements and higher cost-sharing that could limit funding and coverage for some recipients. These changes are set to shift greater financial responsibility to states and restrict future increases in federal Medicaid contributions, while the program continues to cover tens of millions nationwide.

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.