Delta Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures rise to $715,534 in 2024

Delta Medicaid providers billed $715,534 for Medicine Services and Procedures in 2024, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. That represents a 22.8% gain over 2023, when claims for the same service category totaled $582,895.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program administered by the states and funded jointly by federal and state governments, covers low-income individuals, families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities. This program is a major component of the American health care system.

Since Medicaid spending is funded by taxpayers, shifts in local billing reflect community health care spending priorities.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” classification includes a defined set of Medicaid-billed services, categorized by the type of care given using standard HCPCS and CPT code groupings. Analysts in this review assigned each billing code to a single service category according to code prefixes and numeric ranges to prevent overlap and preserve accurate historical rankings.

Medicaid expenditures climbed across several categories, but Medicine Services and Procedures saw the highest total payments in Delta for 2024.

Statewide in Utah, Medicine Services and Procedures also topped Medicaid payments in 2024.

Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid payments linked to Medicine Services and Procedures in Delta increased by $1,015,170, or 58.7%. Growth accelerated at points, especially with notable annual jumps in 2021 and 2020.

While this spending was spread throughout the city, most payments were concentrated in specific ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 84624 reported the highest total for Medicine Services and Procedures, amounting to $715,533. This single ZIP code accounted for 100% of category payments in Delta for the year.

Within Medicine Services and Procedures, the bulk of Medicaid payments were concentrated in a few billing codes.

To compare, Medicaid spending on Medicine Services and Procedures in Delta rose 22.8% between 2024 and 2023, while overall Medicaid claim categories in the city showed a 29.7% year-over-year increase in the same timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures were about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023—roughly 18% of total national health care spending, up significantly from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This represents an increase of about 40% in a few years, primarily because of expanded enrollment and greater use during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have included major proposals to cut federal Medicaid funding and alter the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is forecasted to trim federal Medicaid by over $1 trillion through the next decade, placing new requirements such as work obligations and increased cost sharing. These policies may reduce benefits and shift more costs to states, even as Medicaid continues to serve 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.