Glen Carbon Medicaid spending on state agency codes totals $1,637,317 in 2024

Medicaid providers in Glen Carbon reported $1,637,317 in billing for services grouped under the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies in 2024, according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending data. That represents a 3.7% increase over 2023, when providers filed $1,578,219 in claims in this category.

Medicaid is a state-administered public health insurance program funded through both federal and state resources. It provides coverage for low-income people and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care system.

Since taxpayer funds support Medicaid payments, local billing trends reveal how public health care resources are distributed in communities.

The “National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies” category includes Medicaid-billed services identified by care type, using standard HCPCS and CPT code groupings. Each billing code for this report was categorized to a single type of service via consistent code prefixes and numeric ranges, making it possible to analyze related services collectively while avoiding duplication and ensuring rankings remain accurate over time.

While Medicaid expenditures rose in several service types, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies was the top-ranked category in Glen Carbon for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Statewide in Illinois, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies also ranked first by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Across the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid spending in Glen Carbon for the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category grew by $1,637,317, with no percentage change overall. However, certain years, including 2022 and 2023, saw periods of accelerated growth.

Spending for this category was distributed throughout Glen Carbon but was mostly concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 62034 reported $1,637,317 in Medicaid payments within this category. As a result, the highest-billed ZIP code made up 100% of Glen Carbon’s Medicaid payments for these services that year.

Within the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies grouping, most Medicaid payments were focused on a small set of billing codes.

Comparing annual totals, Medicaid payments to this category in Glen Carbon climbed 3.7% from 2023 to 2024, whereas all Medicaid claim categories in the city together saw a 9.7% shift during the same span.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report total federal and state Medicaid spending reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, around 18% of all national health expenditures, a substantial jump from about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 crisis.

This increase reflects about 40% growth within a few years, primarily due to increased enrollment and greater utilization during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures during the Trump administration have brought forward major proposals to reduce federal Medicaid funding and alter its structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to cut over $1 trillion from federal Medicaid spending over the coming decade, and includes provisions such as work requirements and more cost-sharing, which could restrict coverage and funding for some recipients. These adjustments are projected to place a larger financial responsibility on states and curb the expansion of federal Medicaid support, while the program continues serving tens of millions of Americans.

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.