In 2024, Medicaid providers in Arizona City billed $27,660 for services in the Medicine Services and Procedures category, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 264.5% rise over 2023, when providers billed $7,589 for the same services.
Medicaid is a state-run public health insurance program funded collectively by federal and state governments. It offers coverage to low-income households, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a significant part of U.S. health care.
Medicaid payments are taxpayer-funded, so changes in local billing levels affect how public health care resources are deployed within a community.
The “Medicine Services and Procedures” category includes a defined group of Medicaid-billed health services using standardized HCPCS and CPT code ranges. In this study, each billing code was placed into a service category by consistent code prefixes and numeric ranges, enabling related services to be tracked together, preventing double counting and helping maintain accurate rankings over time.
Medicaid expenditures rose in several service categories, with Medicine Services and Procedures placing second by total Medicaid payments in Arizona City in 2024.
On a state level, the Medicine Services and Procedures category was fifth largest by payments in Arizona in 2024.
During the five years through 2024, Medicaid payments connected to Medicine Services and Procedures in Arizona City grew by $27,660, or 0%. At certain times, spending accelerated, with particularly strong year-over-year increases in 2023 and 2022.
While spending for Medicine Services and Procedures occurred throughout Arizona City, payments were largely focused in a handful of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 85123 accounted for $27,660. Altogether, the highest-billing ZIP code made up 100% of Medicaid payments for this service category in Arizona City during the year.
Within Medicine Services and Procedures, Medicaid payments were concentrated among a limited set of billing codes.
To compare, Medicaid payments tied to Medicine Services and Procedures in Arizona City rose by 264.5% from 2023 to 2024, while all categories combined saw a 1614.8% shift in the city over that period.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached around $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, accounting for about 18% of the nation’s total health outlays, up sharply from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
This marks growth of about 40% in several years, primarily propelled by greater enrollment and more frequent use of services during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal budget laws enacted during the Trump administration have introduced major proposals to cut federal Medicaid funding and reshape the program. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years and adds requirements such as work rules and larger cost-sharing. This could limit federal support and push more costs to states, while still serving tens of millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $7,589 | 1310.4% |
| 2024 | $27,660 | 264.5% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $95,023 | 73% |
| 2 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $27,660 | 21.3% |
| 3 | Evaluation and Management | $7,460 | 5.7% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90792 | Psych diag eval w/med srvcs | $27,586 | 6 |
| 96127 | Brief emotional/behav assmt | $73 | 1 |
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.
