Burtonsville Medicaid spending on medicine services rises to $2,075,414 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Burtonsville billed $2,075,414 for services under the Medicine Services and Procedures category, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 52.4% rise compared to 2023, when $1,362,152 in claims were submitted for the same services.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program managed by states and funded jointly by federal and state governments. It provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid payments rely on taxpayer funding, fluctuations in local billing levels help illustrate how public health care dollars are distributed within a community.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” category consists of Medicaid-billed services defined by type of care, grouped with standardized HCPCS and CPT code sets. For this analysis, each billing code was placed in a single service category using uniform code prefixes and number ranges, enabling related services to be assessed together while preventing double counting and ensuring ranking accuracy over time.

Medicine Services and Procedures led all service categories in total Medicaid payments in Burtonsville in 2024, despite growth in other areas as well.

Statewide in Maryland, Medicine Services and Procedures ranked as the third-largest category for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

In the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Burtonsville increased by $2,047,201, or 7256.3%. This growth was especially pronounced in certain years, such as 2021 and 2022, which saw significant year-over-year gains.

The spending was concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes across the city. In 2024, ZIP code 20866 accounted for $2,075,414 in Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures. The top ZIP code represented 100% of all Medicaid payments in this category in Burtonsville that year.

Medicaid payments within the Medicine Services and Procedures category were also focused on a small number of billing codes.

In comparison, Medicaid spending on the Medicine Services and Procedures category in Burtonsville increased 52.4% from 2024 to 2023, while all Medicaid claim categories saw a 5.2% change citywide over the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid spending totaled about $871.7 billion during fiscal 2023, representing roughly 18% of all national health expenditures. This figure was markedly higher than about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This nearly 40% increase in spending was attributed primarily to expanded enrollment and greater utilization during and after the pandemic.

Federal budget bills enacted under the Trump administration have introduced proposals to reduce federal Medicaid funding and restructure the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is estimated to lower federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, introducing measures like work requirements and higher cost-sharing that may limit coverage and funding for some individuals. These changes are projected to shift more costs onto states and restrict federal Medicaid support growth, even as the program continues to serve tens of millions nationwide.

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.