In 2024, Medicaid providers in Queen Creek billed $1,252,095 for services officially categorized as Radiology Procedures, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount reflects an 11.1% increase from the previous year when claims for these services totaled $1,126,784.
Medicaid operates as a public health insurance initiative overseen by states and jointly funded by federal and state governments. It provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, older adults, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it a key component of the U.S. health care infrastructure.
Since Medicaid is funded by taxpayers, fluctuations in billing at the local level reflect how publicly funded health care resources are used within communities.
The “Radiology Procedures” designation refers to a collection of Medicaid-billed services grouped by type of care, based on designated HCPCS and CPT code categories. For this dataset, billing codes were sorted into specific service categories with consistent code prefixes and ranges to ensure related care could be grouped while maintaining accurate tallies over time.
Radiology Procedures was the third-highest Medicaid payment category in Queen Creek in 2024, according to the data, despite increases in several service categories.
Statewide in Arizona, the Radiology Procedures grouping was ranked seventh for Medicaid payments in 2024.
Medicaid payments associated with the Radiology Procedures group in Queen Creek rose $260,425—an increase of 26.3%—over a five-year span heading into 2024. Certain years within this period, especially 2022 and 2023, experienced stronger year-over-year growth.
Within Queen Creek, payments for Radiology Procedures were made throughout the city but were concentrated within a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 85140 accounted for $1,252,094—the total of all Medicaid payments in this category for Queen Creek that year.
Analysis showed that Medicaid payments in the Radiology Procedures category focused on a handful of specific billing codes.
Bills associated with the Radiology Procedures category rose 11.1% in Queen Creek from 2023 to 2024, whereas total Medicaid payment amounts across all categories in the city saw a 28.2% jump during the same comparison period.
Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show that federal and state Medicaid spending totaled approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, or near 18% of all national health expenses, a significant upward shift from $613.5 billion in 2019, pre-pandemic.
This uptick amounts to about 40% growth in those few years, mainly due to heightened enrollment and utilization patterns during the pandemic period and in the immediate aftermath.
Recent legislation related to the federal budget enacted during the Trump administration includes significant plans to scale back federal Medicaid funding and change the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is projected to reduce federal Medicaid funding by over $1 trillion during the next ten years and incorporates requirements such as work mandates and more cost-sharing. These could curtail coverage or funding for certain enrollees, shifting financial burdens to states and potentially slowing federal program growth, even as enrollment remains widespread.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $991,669 | -23% |
| 2021 | $851,496 | -14.1% |
| 2022 | $952,896 | 11.9% |
| 2023 | $1,126,783 | 18.2% |
| 2024 | $1,252,094 | 11.1% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evaluation and Management | $3,053,489 | 36.7% |
| 2 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $1,888,078 | 22.7% |
| 3 | Radiology Procedures | $1,252,094 | 15% |
| 4 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $754,699 | 9.1% |
| 5 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $422,385 | 5.1% |
| 6 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $328,609 | 3.9% |
| 7 | Dental Services | $314,468 | 3.8% |
| 8 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $199,231 | 2.4% |
| 9 | Procedures / Professional Services | $87,358 | 1% |
| 10 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $20,394 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Surgery | $1,850 | <0.1% |
| 12 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $887 | <0.1% |
| 13 | Temporary Codes | $73 | <0.1% |
| 14 | Administrative, Miscellaneous and Investigational | $0 | <0.1% |
| 14 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $0 | <0.1% |
| 14 | Outpatient PPS | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74177 | Ct abd & pelvis w/contrast | $655,075 | 12 |
| 70450 | Ct head/brain w/o dye | $200,202 | 12 |
| 74176 | Ct abd & pelvis w/o contrast | $152,078 | 10 |
| 71275 | Ct angiography chest | $92,052 | 11 |
| 72125 | Ct neck spine w/o dye | $73,020 | 11 |
| 70496 | Ct angiography head | $60,456 | 5 |
| 71046 | X-ray exam chest 2 views | $5,594 | 11 |
| 73562 | X-ray exam of knee 3 | $1,787 | 10 |
| 70498 | Ct angiography neck | $1,756 | 5 |
| 76705 | Echo exam of abdomen | $1,724 | 11 |
| 74018 | Radex abdomen 1 view | $1,550 | 11 |
| 73030 | X-ray exam of shoulder | $1,193 | 9 |
| 71045 | X-ray exam chest 1 view | $956 | 12 |
| 76856 | Us exam pelvic complete | $882 | 7 |
| 71260 | Ct thorax dx c+ | $853 | 1 |
| 73130 | X-ray exam of hand | $819 | 6 |
| 70486 | Ct maxillofacial w/o dye | $722 | 1 |
| 76817 | Transvaginal us obstetric | $595 | 4 |
| 73630 | X-ray exam of foot | $374 | 10 |
| 73610 | X-ray exam of ankle | $284 | 7 |
Note: HCPCS codes are provided for additional context within this category. Category calculations and rank in the article refer to standardized service groupings, not to individual bill codes.
Information for this article comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Original data may be accessed here.
