White City sees $7,277 billed to Medicaid for procedures, professional services in 2024

Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows providers in White City billed $7,277 to Medicaid for Procedures / Professional Services during 2024. This total is up 86% from 2023, when $3,913 in claims were submitted for that service type.

Medicaid is a joint state and federal public health insurance program funded by both federal and state governments. The program serves low-income residents, children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities, making it a major component of the nation’s health care system.

Because Medicaid payments are funded by taxpayers, varying local billing levels highlight how health care spending is allocated within each community.

The “Procedures / Professional Services” category encompasses a range of Medicaid services categorized by treatment type, following standardized HCPCS and CPT groupings. In this review, each code was linked to a single category based on code prefixes and numeric ranges, enabling consistent service grouping, avoiding duplication, and supporting accurate year-over-year trends.

Medicaid spending increased across several categories, but Procedures / Professional Services was the third largest source of Medicaid payments in White City in 2024.

Statewide in Oregon, the Procedures / Professional Services category placed eighth among Medicaid payment categories in 2024.

Between 2020 and 2024, Medicaid payments to Procedures / Professional Services in White City grew by $6,115, or 526.1%. Notably, this growth sped up during specific intervals, with significant year-over-year increases in 2023 and 2022.

Although this care was delivered citywide, most Procedure / Professional Service payments were concentrated in certain ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 97503 accounted for all $7,277 in Medicaid payments for this service group in White City. The single highest ZIP represented 100% of payments in the city for that period.

Spending in this category was also concentrated among relatively few billing codes.

To put the changes in context, White City’s Medicaid payments for Procedures / Professional Services rose 86% from 2023 to 2024, compared to a 35.4% increase across all Medicaid claim types within the city in the same interval.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid spending totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, nearly 18% of total national health care expenditures and up notably from around $613.5 billion for 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This reflects a roughly 40% surge within just a few years, largely attributed to expanded enrollment and increased utilization as a result of the pandemic era.

Recent federal budget actions during the Trump administration introduced major proposals to cut federal Medicaid funding and redesign the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal Medicaid support by more than $1 trillion over the coming decade, while enacting efforts such as work requirements and higher out-of-pocket costs. These changes are anticipated to shift more financial responsibility to states and constrain future federal Medicaid expansion even as the program remains a lifeline for millions of Americans.

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.