Addis sees $36,497 in Medicaid payments for state-defined national codes in 2024

Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows that Medicaid providers in Addis billed $36,497 in 2024 for services under the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category. This represents a 16.5% rise from the $31,336 claimed for similar services in 2023.

Medicaid is operated by individual states and funded jointly by federal and state governments. The program covers low-income people, children, seniors, and people with disabilities, making it a major component of the nation’s health care system.

Because taxpayer dollars support Medicaid, trends in billing reflect changes in local public health care spending.

The “National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies” category comprises a range of Medicaid-billed services based on standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. This analysis classified each code into a specific service category using uniform prefixes and numeric groupings, allowing for clear aggregation of related services and consistent ranking over time without duplication.

Spending on Medicaid services increased across multiple categories, with National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies ranking second in total Medicaid payments in Addis for 2024.

At the state level, this category also placed second in total Medicaid payments in Louisiana in 2024.

From 2019 through 2024, Medicaid payments for the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies in Addis rose by $36,497, or 0%. The pace of growth varied, with notable year-over-year gains in 2023 and 2022.

Spending within this service category was concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes in Addis. In 2024, ZIP code 70710 led all others, accounting for $36,497—100% of the city’s Medicaid payments for this category during the year.

A limited set of billing codes under the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category accounted for most Medicaid payments in Addis.

Between 2024 and 2023, Medicaid payments within this category in Addis jumped by 16.5%, compared with a citywide growth rate of 2.8% for all Medicaid claim categories during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, roughly 18% of total national health spending. This is up sharply from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This marks an approximately 40% increase in a few years, largely due to expanded enrollment and greater use during and after the pandemic.

Under the Trump administration, recent federal budget measures have proposed deep reductions to federal Medicaid contributions and major program revisions. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years and introduces work requirements and added cost-sharing measures that could decrease funding and coverage for some recipients. These steps are likely to shift more costs to states and curb federal Medicaid payment growth, while the program continues to serve 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.