Glasgow Medicaid payments for medical, surgical supplies climb to $30,731 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Glasgow billed $30,731 for services in the Medical And Surgical Supplies category, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 25.5% rise compared to the previous year, when $24,480 was claimed for the same services.

Medicaid functions as a public health insurance program managed by states and funded by both federal and state governments. Its coverage extends to low-income people and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, making it one of the largest pillars of the U.S. health system.

Since Medicaid payments are taxpayer-funded, fluctuations in local billing reflect how communities direct public healthcare spending.

The “Medical And Surgical Supplies” designation includes a set of services Medicaid bills based on the kind of care delivered, using standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. Each billing code was sorted into one service category for this review, applying standard code prefixes and number ranges to examine related services together, prevent double counting, and keep long-term rankings consistent.

Medicaid spending rose in several service categories, but Medical And Surgical Supplies ranked fourth highest by total Medicaid payments in Glasgow for 2024.

Statewide, this category held the 13th position in Missouri by payment totals in 2024.

Looking at the five years before 2024, Glasgow’s Medicaid payments for Medical And Surgical Supplies went up by $23,525, or 326.4%. Several periods saw sharp increases, with significant year-over-year jumps in 2021 and 2020.

Though Medical And Surgical Supplies claims occurred throughout the city, payments centered in a small set of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 65254 accounted for $30,731, with the top ZIP code making up 100% of all payments for these services in Glasgow that year.

Within this service category, Medicaid payments predominantly stemmed from a select group of billing codes.

For comparison, payments associated with Medical And Surgical Supplies in Glasgow rose 25.5% from 2023 to 2024, while all Medicaid claim categories in the city grew by 0.8% over the same timeframe.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that federal and state Medicaid expenditures hit about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, accounting for around 18% of total U.S. health costs—a steep increase from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before COVID-19.

This uptick reflects nearly 40% growth within a few years, primarily due to expanded coverage and greater use during and after the COVID-19 period.

Recent federal budget policy under the Trump administration included measures to reduce federal Medicaid spending and alter the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is anticipated to cut more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid over the next 10 years while introducing work requirements and higher cost-sharing, potentially limiting coverage and shifting costs to states.

Note: HCPCS codes are displayed for clarity within the category. Article totals and rankings use standardized service groupings, not individual billing codes.

Reporting for this article is based on information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The original data is available here.