Procedures / Professional Services Medicaid payments in Denver City total $502,636 for 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Denver City submitted $502,636 in claims for services within the Procedures / Professional Services category, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents an increase of 14% from the $440,843 billed in 2023 for the same services.

Medicaid, a public health insurance initiative funded by both federal and state governments and administered by states, supports low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care system.

Taxpayer funding for Medicaid means that changes in billing at the local level indicate how public health care dollars are distributed within a community.

The “Procedures / Professional Services” category comprises Medicaid services determined by care type, using standard HCPCS and CPT code classifications. Each billing code for this analysis was placed into a specific service group using set code prefixes and numeric brackets, enabling accurate year-over-year comparisons without double counting.

Procedures / Professional Services accounted for the second-highest Medicaid payment total of any service category in Denver City for 2024, even as spending rose across multiple categories.

Statewide, Procedures / Professional Services ranked 14th for Medicaid payment totals in Texas in 2024.

Between 2019 and 2024, Denver City Medicaid spending for Procedures / Professional Services grew by $252,607, a 101% rise. This growth was particularly sharp in years such as 2021 and 2020, when annual increases were significant.

Though spending on Procedures / Professional Services was reported throughout the city, payments centered on a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 79323 accounted for $502,635, which made up 100% of all Medicaid billing in this category for Denver City during the year.

Spending within Procedures / Professional Services was mainly focused on a few individual billing codes.

Medicaid outlays for Procedures / Professional Services in Denver City increased by 14% from 2023 to 2024, while overall Medicaid claim categories recorded a 25.9% change citywide during the same timeframe.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data show that in fiscal year 2023, federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached approximately $871.7 billion, making up about 18% of total national health spending—up from around $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

That marks a roughly 40% jump in only a few years, largely due to increased enrollment and greater health care use during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal spending legislation under the Trump administration has proposed major reductions to federal Medicaid funding and changes to the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion from Medicaid over 10 years, adding work requirements and more cost-sharing, which could decrease coverage for some enrollees. These rules are likely to increase state responsibility for Medicaid costs and slow federal funding growth, even as the program remains vital for millions of people 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.