Stanleytown Medicaid spending on Medicine Services and Procedures climbs 3% in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Stanleytown billed $1,651,982 for services under the Medicine Services and Procedures category, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. This amount was up 3% from 2023, when $1,604,026 was billed for the same set of services.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program managed by the states with joint federal and state funding, covers people with low incomes, families, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities. It forms one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system. More details are available from the Commonwealth Fund.

As Medicaid funding is sourced from taxpayers, shifts in local billing levels illustrate how community public health dollars are distributed.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” category includes a set of Medicaid-billed services grouped by the nature of care delivered, following established HCPCS and CPT code structures. For this report, each billing code was assigned to a single service category through the use of standardized code prefixes and numeric ranges, making it possible to track related services together and avoid duplications while maintaining accurate rankings across years.

Although Medicaid expenditures rose for several different service areas, Medicine Services and Procedures led all categories in Stanleytown for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Statewide in Virginia, the Medicine Services and Procedures category placed fourth for overall Medicaid payments during 2024.

Throughout the five-year span to 2024, Medicaid payments in this category in Stanleytown grew by $933,765, a 130% increase. Some years saw accelerated growth, with significant year-to-year increases in both 2023 and 2022.

While spending in the category was spread through Stanleytown, the payment volume was concentrated in a handful of ZIP codes. In 2024, the leading ZIP code, 24168, totaled $1,651,982 in Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures. Overall, the top 1 ZIP code represented 100% of related Medicaid payments in Stanleytown that year.

Within Medicine Services and Procedures, a small selection of individual billing codes accounted for most Medicaid payments in the category.

Comparatively, Medicaid spending in this category climbed 3% between 2024 and 2023, mirroring the 3% rise recorded across all Medicaid claim categories citywide for that period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid spending combined reached roughly $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of national health expenditures—a significant rise from about $613.5 billion in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This marks an increase of around 40% over a few years, mostly attributed to higher enrollment and use of services during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget actions under the Trump administration have brought substantial proposals to reduce federal Medicaid spending and alter the structure of the program. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which became law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by over $1 trillion over the next decade. The law introduces new work requirements and increased cost-sharing, potential changes that may restrict coverage and funding for some recipients. These measures are expected to result in higher state-level costs and slow federal Medicaid support growth while the program continues to provide for tens of millions across the country.

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.