In 2024, Medicaid providers in Garden City billed a total of $32,024 for Medicine Services and Procedures, based on information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represents a 520.9% rise compared to 2023, when claims for the same category totaled $5,158.
Medicaid, a public health insurance initiative managed by the states with joint federal and state funding, covers low-income individuals as well as seniors, children and people with disabilities, making it a major part of the U.S. health system. More details on its financing are available from the Commonwealth Fund.
Since taxpayer funding supports Medicaid payments, trends in local billing reveal how a community’s public health care resources are distributed.
The “Medicine Services and Procedures” grouping refers to a set of services billed to Medicaid, defined by specific types of care within standardized HCPCS and CPT code frameworks. In this reporting, each billing code is matched to a single service group based on code prefixes and numeric keys. This approach enables focused analysis, avoids duplicate counts, and maintains reliable service rankings across periods.
Medicaid spending went up across most service categories in Garden City, but Medicine Services and Procedures received the largest amount of Medicaid payments for 2024.
Statewide in Utah, Medicine Services and Procedures were also the top category for Medicaid payments during 2024.
From 2019 through 2024, Garden City saw Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures rise by $31,030, a 3,122.7% increase. Several years featured especially rapid growth, with strong year-over-year gains in 2023 and 2021.
Even though spending for these services was spread across the city, payments were focused in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 84028 accounted for $32,023 in Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures, and together, the top ZIP code made up 100% of all Medicaid payments in this category for Garden City that year.
Payments within Medicine Services and Procedures frequently centered on only a small set of billing codes.
To put this change in context, the 520.9% increase for Medicine Services and Procedures from 2023 to 2024 significantly outpaced the 86.7% change observed across all Medicaid claim categories in Garden City over the same interval.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimate combined state and federal Medicaid expenditures hit about $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, accounting for around 18% of U.S. health expenditures, a sharp increase from $613.5 billion in 2019 explorer-pandemic.
This nearly 40% surge in spending over these years is mostly attributed to expanded enrollment and increased use during and just after the pandemic period.
Recent federal budget measures passed under the Trump administration have included major plans to cut Medicaid funding and redesign the system. Notably, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, signed in 2025, is projected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion in the coming decade and establishes new requirements such as work conditions and higher cost sharing. These provisions may lead to reductions in coverage and funding for certain recipients, shifting a greater cost burden to states even as the program supports millions nationwide.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $993 | 164.4% |
| 2021 | $4,366 | 339.4% |
| 2022 | $356 | -91.8% |
| 2023 | $5,158 | 1348.6% |
| 2024 | $32,023 | 520.8% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $32,023 | 65.6% |
| 2 | Evaluation and Management | $16,797 | 34.4% |
| 3 | Surgery | $13 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90834 | Psytx w pt 45 minutes | $32,023 | 3 |
| 96127 | Brief emotional/behav assmt | $0 | 5 |
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.
