In 2024, providers in Hymera billed $21,114 to Medicaid for services within the Medicine Services and Procedures category, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 2% increase from 2023, when billed claims for the same group of services totaled $20,700.
Medicaid is a public health insurance program administered by individual states and supported with federal and state government funding. It includes coverage for low-income individuals and families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care system.
Because Medicaid payments derive from taxpayer funding, trends in local billing reflect community-level allocations of public health care resources.
The “Medicine Services and Procedures” grouping includes several Medicaid services categorized by care type, based on consistent HCPCS and CPT code sequences. For this report, each code was assigned exclusively to one service category using unified code prefixes and numeric sequences, ensuring related services were grouped together while eliminating duplication and supporting accurate ranking over time.
Medicine Services and Procedures had the highest total Medicaid payments of any service category in Hymera in 2024, even as other categories also saw spending growth.
By contrast, Medicine Services and Procedures ranked second across Indiana for total Medicaid payments in 2024.
Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid spending associated with Medicine Services and Procedures in Hymera grew by $9,064, or 75.2%. Some periods saw faster increases, with notable year-over-year gains noted in 2022 and 2021.
Spending for Medicine Services and Procedures was concentrated among only a few ZIP codes in the city. In 2024, ZIP code 47855 saw $21,113 in Medicaid payments—accounting for 100% of Medicine Services and Procedures category spending in Hymera for the year.
Within the category, payments were also centralized in a handful of individual billing codes.
Medicaid spending for Medicine Services and Procedures in Hymera rose 2% from 2023 to 2024—the same percentage change as the overall Medicaid claim total in the city over this time frame.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report that in fiscal year 2023 combined Medicaid expenditures (federal and state) reached approximately $871.7 billion, about 18% of national health spending. This is a significant increase from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.
This increase marks growth of about 40% over just a few years, primarily due to expanded enrollment and higher health care utilization during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal budget packages under the Trump administration have brought forth proposals to limit federal Medicaid spending and revamp how the program is handled. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” for example, signed into law in 2025, is expected to result in over $1 trillion in cuts to federal Medicaid funding in the next decade, bringing requirements such as work mandates and higher cost-sharing. These changes could lessen coverage and support for some, shifting costs to states as federal Medicaid commitments grow more limited, even as the program still covers tens of millions nationwide.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $12,050 | – |
| 2021 | $14,417 | 19.6% |
| 2022 | $17,409 | 20.8% |
| 2023 | $20,699 | 18.9% |
| 2024 | $21,113 | 2% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $21,113 | 10<0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92508 | Tx sp lang voice comm group | $14,770 | 8 |
| 92507 | Tx sp lang voice comm indiv | $5,705 | 5 |
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities | $638 | 1 |
Note: HCPCS codes are presented to show the category scope. All listed totals and rankings in this analysis use the grouped service categories, rather than single bill codes, for consistency.
This article is based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The original source can be accessed here.