Centralia Medicaid spending on Medicine Services and Procedures soars to $16,840 in 2024

In 2024, providers in Centralia billed Medicaid $16,840 for services categorized under Medicine Services and Procedures, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This amount represents a 608.8% jump from 2023, when claims for the same category totaled $2,376.

Medicaid is a public health coverage program managed by states with joint funding from federal and state governments. It serves low-income residents, families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a key component of the national health care system.

Since Medicaid spending reflects taxpayer dollars, fluctuations in local billing highlight how public health care funds are allocated within a community.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” group consists of Medicaid-billed services categorized by the care delivered, organized through standardized HCPCS and CPT code sets. For this report, coding prefixes and standardized numeric ranges were used to group each billing code, ensuring consistent analysis while preventing duplicated totals and enabling accurate trend rankings.

Although several service groups saw Medicaid spending increase, Medicine Services and Procedures finished first among Centralia service categories by total Medicaid payment in 2024.

Across Missouri, Medicine Services and Procedures ranked seventh among all Medicaid payment categories in 2024.

In the five years ending in 2024, Medicaid billing for Medicine Services and Procedures in Centralia went up by $16,840, or 0%, with sharper growth recorded during certain years, especially 2023 and 2022.

While Medicine Services and Procedures payments were distributed citywide, they mainly concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 65240 led all others, at $16,839 in Medicaid payments—making up 100% of Medicine Services and Procedures Medicaid spending in Centralia that year.

Within Medicine Services and Procedures, payments were also centered on select individual billing codes.

To compare, Medicaid payments for the Medicine Services and Procedures group in Centralia jumped 608.8% from 2023 to 2024, while overall Medicaid claim payments in the city saw a 608.7% change in that span.

Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached nearly $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, about 18% of U.S. health expenditures, far above the approximate $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 crisis.

This reflects around 40% growth over several years, primarily due to higher enrollment and utilization linked to and following the pandemic period.

The Trump administration enacted federal budget legislation with significant proposals to cut federal Medicaid funding and redesign the program. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which became law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, and adds measures like work requirements and increased cost-sharing, which could decrease both coverage and funds for some beneficiaries. This would transfer greater cost responsibility to the states and limit the rate of increased federal assistance, though Medicaid remains vital for tens of millions of Americans.

Note: HCPCS codes are provided for context. Totals and rankings are calculated based on grouped categories rather than specific billing codes.

This data was collected from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The full dataset is available here.