Kingman sees 3.4% rise in Medicaid payments for medicine services and procedures in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Kingman submitted $39,935 in claims for services within the Medicine Services and Procedures category, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending data shows. This represents a 3.4% increase from the prior year, when claims totaled $38,625 for the category.

Medicaid, jointly funded by state and federal governments, is a public health insurance program administered by states together. It supports low-income people and families, children, seniors and individuals with disabilities, making it a leading part of the U.S. health care infrastructure.

As Medicaid payments are sourced from taxpayers, local variation in billing helps show how public health dollars are spent within a community.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” segment comprises a group of Medicaid-billed services, defined by care type, relying on standard HCPCS and CPT code sets. For analysis purposes, each code was affiliated to one service area by fixed prefix and numbering guidelines. This approach groups related services while minimizing duplicate tallies and ensuring valid rankings year to year.

Though Medicaid outlays grew across multiple segments, Medicine Services and Procedures was second overall in Medicaid payments by service category in Kingman in 2024.

Statewide, the Medicine Services and Procedures segment placed fourth for all Medicaid payment categories in Kansas in 2024.

During the five-year period leading up to 2024, Medicaid payments for the Medicine Services and Procedures category in Kingman climbed by $35,299, or 761.5%. Spending growth accelerated in some years, with sharp gains in 2021 and 2022 in particular.

While dollars for Medicine Services and Procedures were paid throughout Kingman, payments were concentrated geographically. In 2024, the ZIP code 67068 alone saw Medicaid payments total $39,935—a full 100% of the services in this category locally.

A limited selection of billing codes within the Medicine Services and Procedures category accounted for a large share of local Medicaid payments in 2024.

While Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Kingman increased by 3.4% from 2023 to 2024, spending across all claim categories in the city rose by 35.8% over the same span.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services figures show that joint federal and state Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, representing around 18% of all national health care expenditures, which is a significant rise from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This nearly 40% increase over several years was fueled mostly by increased enrollment and greater health service usage during and after the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget legislation under the Trump administration introduced major proposals to reduce federal Medicaid allocations and change its structure. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is scheduled to trim more than $1 trillion from Medicaid spending federally in the next decade, with policies such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing contributions, measures expected to limit coverage and lower funding for certain recipients. This may increase the financial load on state governments and restrain growth in federal support, despite the program continuing to provide care to tens of millions of Americans.

Note: HCPCS codes are listed for reference within this category. All totals and ranks are calculated based on groupings of services rather than individual billing numbers.

Data for this report was obtained from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The original data may be reviewed here.