In 2024, Severance Medicaid providers billed a total of $55,902 in the Medicine Services and Procedures category, drawing from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 34.6% increase over 2023, when providers billed $41,521 for the same category.
Medicaid, funded through a partnership between state and federal governments, is a public health insurance program covering low-income groups, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities. It is among the key segments of the U.S. healthcare system.
Because Medicaid draws on public funds, fluctuations in local billing indicate how health care expenditures are distributed within the community.
The “Medicine Services and Procedures” category encompasses Medicaid-billed services grouped by the nature of the care provided, based on standardized HCPCS and CPT coding. Each billing code was linked to a particular service category using aligned code prefixes and numeric bands, supporting comprehensive analysis, minimizing overlap, and maintaining consistent rankings across years.
Among all Medicaid service categories, Medicine Services and Procedures brought in the highest payment total in Severance for 2024.
On a statewide scale, the Medicine Services and Procedures category was ranked fifth by payment volume in Colorado in 2024.
Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid payments for the Medicine Services and Procedures category in Severance grew by $55,902, or 0%, with notable spending surges during certain periods, especially in 2022 and 2023.
While these expenditures were made throughout Severance, a small number of ZIP codes accounted for the majority of Medicaid payments for this category. In 2024, ZIP code 80550 reported $55,901 in payments, making up 100% of the city’s Medicaid spending for Medicine Services and Procedures.
Spending within this category was further concentrated in only a few billing codes.
Comparatively, local Medicaid payments in this category increased by 34.6% between 2023 and 2024, aligning with the 34.6% shift reflected across all Medicaid claim types in the city over the same period.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined Medicaid expenditures from federal and state sources reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, which made up around 18% of total nationwide health spending—a rise from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This nearly 40% growth over several years was mainly driven by broader enrollment and greater utilization of health services during and following the pandemic.
Legislation passed during the Trump administration introduced major efforts to reduce federal Medicaid obligations and revise the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid assistance by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, imposing policies such as work requirements and higher out-of-pocket costs that could impact both beneficiary coverage and funding. These changes may result in greater cost-responsibility for states and restrict further growth of federal Medicaid spending, although Medicaid continues serving a significant portion of the American public.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,873 | – |
| 2023 | $41,521 | 2115.9% |
| 2024 | $55,901 | 34.6% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $55,901 | 10<0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97124 | Massage therapy | $55,901 | 12 |
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.
