Saltillo Medicaid providers billed $1,851,563 for services in the Medicine Services and Procedures category in 2024, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 25.8% increase from 2023, when claims for the same service type amounted to $1,471,343.
Medicaid, operated by the states with funding from both federal and state governments, covers low-income individuals, families, seniors, children and people with disabilities. It is among the nation’s largest health care programs.
Since Medicaid payments use taxpayer funds, changes in local billing reflect shifts in how public health care resources are distributed within a community.
The “Medicine Services and Procedures” group includes services defined by standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this analysis, every billing code was matched to a single category using consistent code prefixes and number ranges. This approach enabled examination of related services, ensured there was no double counting and maintained accurate historical rankings.
While Medicaid spending increased across several categories, Medicine Services and Procedures recorded the highest total Medicaid payment in Saltillo for 2024.
Across Mississippi in 2024, Medicine Services and Procedures ranked fourth by overall Medicaid payments.
For the five-year span up to 2024, Medicaid payments in Saltillo for this category climbed by $1,155,816, or 166.1%. Increases were particularly notable in certain years, especially in 2021 and 2022.
Although payments for services in the Medicine Services and Procedures category were spread throughout Saltillo, the majority of payments were concentrated in only a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 38866 reported $1,851,562 in Medicaid billings for this category, accounting for 100% of Saltillo’s total Medicaid payments for these services that year.
Medicaid payments within the Medicine Services and Procedures group were further concentrated among a select set of billing codes.
Between 2024 and 2023, Saltillo’s Medicaid payments for this category increased by 25.8%, compared with a 28% change across all Medicaid categories in the city in the same timeframe.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, making up roughly 18% of national health costs—up from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This rise—about 40%—was largely attributed to greater enrollment and increased usage during and after the pandemic years.
Recent federal budget laws passed during the Trump administration have introduced major plans to reduce federal funding for Medicaid and alter the program. Notably, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is estimated to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending over 10 years and impose policy changes—like work requirements and greater cost-sharing—that may reduce coverage and public support. As a result, states may face higher costs, and the expansion of federal Medicaid support will be limited, while the program continues to serve tens of millions around the U.S.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $695,747 | -4.6% |
| 2021 | $1,522,932 | 118.9% |
| 2022 | $1,606,383 | 5.5% |
| 2023 | $1,471,343 | -8.4% |
| 2024 | $1,851,562 | 25.8% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $1,851,562 | 56.2% |
| 2 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $999,907 | 30.3% |
| 3 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $361,330 | 11% |
| 4 | Vision Services | $78,369 | 2.4% |
| 5 | Evaluation and Management | $3,910 | 0.1% |
| 6 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $0 | <0.1% |
| 6 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities | $798,932 | 106 |
| 92507 | Tx sp lang voice comm indiv | $588,501 | 69 |
| 97110 | Therapeutic exercises | $128,454 | 72 |
| 97112 | Neuromuscular reeducation | $95,704 | 49 |
| 92014 | Compre oph exam est pt 1/> | $87,916 | 30 |
| 92526 | Oral function therapy | $61,102 | 21 |
| 92004 | Compre oph exam new pt 1/> | $38,931 | 16 |
| 92340 | Fit spectacles monofocal | $22,380 | 33 |
| 92015 | Determine refractive state | $21,181 | 33 |
| 92523 | Speech sound lang comprehen | $5,404 | 2 |
| 97162 | Pt eval mod complex 30 min | $965 | 2 |
| 97165 | Ot eval low complex 30 min | $958 | 1 |
| 97140 | Manual therapy 1/> regions | $613 | 3 |
| 92250 | Fundus photography w/i&r | $480 | 1 |
| 96372 | Ther/proph/diag inj sc/im | $35 | 1 |
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.
