Medicaid spending on Medicine Services and Procedures rises to $6,836 in Hartford for 2024

Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows Hartford Medicaid providers billed $6,836 in 2024 for services categorized under Medicine Services and Procedures. This total is up 8% from 2023, when providers claimed $6,332 for the same services.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program administered by states with joint federal and state funding, serves low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care landscape. Additional details are available from the Commonwealth Fund.

Because Medicaid payments rely on taxpayer funding, fluctuations in local billing levels illustrate how community public health dollars are deployed.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” classification covers a range of Medicaid-billed care types, determined using standardized HCPCS and CPT coding. For this analysis, each billing code was grouped into a single service category through the use of consistent code prefixes and number ranges, supporting year-over-year comparisons by preventing double counting and maintaining accurate rank orderings.

Spending across Medicaid service categories increased, but Medicine Services and Procedures led Hartford by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

By contrast, South Dakota statewide saw Medicine Services and Procedures place third in total Medicaid payments for 2024.

Looking at the five years prior to 2024, Hartford’s Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures went up by $2,205, or 47.6%. More rapid growth was particularly evident in some years, such as in 2021 and 2023.

Although these Medicaid payments were dispersed across Hartford, a small number of ZIP codes received the bulk of the 2024 total. That year, ZIP code 57033 represented $6,835 in Medicaid payments, with the top ZIP code making up 100% of local Medicine Services and Procedures payments.

A limited range of billing codes accounted for the concentration of Medicaid payments within the Medicine Services and Procedures group.

In comparative terms, from 2023 to 2024, Hartford’s Medicaid expenditures for the Medicine Services and Procedures category grew by 8%, mirroring the 8% growth across all claim categories in the city during that interval.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid spending totaled about $871.7 billion during fiscal year 2023, representing approximately 18% of all U.S. health expenditures—up from $613.5 billion in 2019, pre-pandemic.

This nearly 40% growth over a few years was fueled mainly by expanded Medicaid enrollment and higher utilization related to and following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recent federal budget policy from the Trump administration included major proposals to reduce federal Medicaid support and change program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to decrease federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years, with measures such as work requirements and greater cost-sharing potentially reducing some beneficiaries’ coverage and funding. These policies are anticipated to shift additional expense to states and limit the pace of federal Medicaid growth, while the program continues to serve millions 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.