Brigham City Medicaid dental services payments nearly double in 2024

Medicaid providers in Brigham City billed $3,568,265 for dental services in 2024, figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. That represents a 99.1% increase compared to 2023, when providers billed $1,792,219 for the same category.

Medicaid, a public insurance program managed by the states and funded through state and federal dollars, covers low-income individuals, seniors, children and people with disabilities. The program is one of the largest components of the nation’s health care system.

Shifts in Medicaid billing illustrate how taxpayer-funded health care resources are used within different communities.

The Dental Services category represents an organized set of Medicaid-billed procedures defined by the type of dental care given, using standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. For this analysis, each billing code was consistently assigned to a single service group based on established code prefixes and numerical ranges. This ensured related care is grouped for trends and rankings without double counting.

Dental Services was the top Medicaid-funded service group in Brigham City by payment total for 2024, as Medicaid spending grew across several categories.

Statewide in Utah, the Dental Services category placed ninth for total Medicaid payments for the year.

Across the five years through 2024, Medicaid spending on dental services in Brigham City increased by $3,307,052—or 1266%. Periods of significant growth occurred, with marked increases in both 2020 and 2021.

Citywide, only a few ZIP codes received the bulk of Medicaid funding for dental care. In 2024, ZIP code 84302 received $3,568,265, accounting for all Medicaid dental services payments in Brigham City for the period.

Within the dental category, Medicaid-provided payments were heavily concentrated around select billing codes.

For reference, Brigham City’s 99.1% increase in Medicaid dental payments between 2024 and 2023 outpaced the 51.1% growth seen across all Medicaid categories in the city throughout the same time frame.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled about $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023, representing around 18% of the nation’s total health spending. That figure rose sharply from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This change amounts to roughly 40% growth over only a few years, largely due to rising enrollment and increased medical usage during and after the pandemic.

Major proposals in recent federal budgets under the Trump administration have sought substantial Medicaid funding reductions and program restructuring. One example is the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, which is projected to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid outlays over a decade. The act also adds measures such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, with likely effects of reduced funding and coverage for certain groups. These changes are set to transfer more expense to states while narrowing the pace of growth in federal support, even as millions continue to rely on Medicaid for health coverage.

Note: HCPCS codes are provided for reference within the category. Article totals and rankings are compiled by standardized service groupings rather than each billing code separately.

All source data cited in this article is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database and may be found here.