Medicaid spending on Medicine Services and Procedures jumps 537.8% in Brush Prairie for 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Brush Prairie submitted claims totaling $6,180 for services within the Medicine Services and Procedures category, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 537.8% rise from 2023, when the total billed for these services was $969.

Medicaid is a government insurance program overseen by states and funded through both federal and state resources. It serves low-income residents, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care system.

Shifts in local Medicaid billing levels reflect how taxpayer-funded health care dollars are distributed across a community.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” classification groups a range of Medicaid-billed services using standardized HCPCS and CPT coding. For this report, billing codes were sorted into service categories by consistent prefixes and number series, ensuring that related services are counted collectively while preventing duplication and maintaining accurate historical rankings.

Despite rising Medicaid expenses across various categories, Medicine Services and Procedures led Brush Prairie for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Statewide in Washington, Medicine Services and Procedures stood as the third highest category for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Between 2019 and 2024, Brush Prairie’s Medicaid payments in Medicine Services and Procedures increased by $4,840, equal to a 361.3% gain. Growth rates accelerated in select years, with notable jumps seen in 2021 and 2022.

Spending on Medicine Services and Procedures was seen citywide but was heavily clustered in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 98606 accounted for $6,180, representing the entirety of Medicaid payments in this category for Brush Prairie for the year.

Payments within the Medicine Services and Procedures category concentrated on a few key individual billing codes.

By comparison, Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Brush Prairie increased 537.8% between 2024 and 2023, while total Medicaid claim categories in the city rose by 12% during the same timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid spending together reached roughly $871.7 billion during fiscal year 2023, accounting for about 18% of total U.S. health expenditures. That is a significant jump from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This growth amounts to an approximately 40% increase in just a few years, largely attributed to expanded enrollment and higher utilization during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures enacted under the Trump administration have included major changes aimed at reducing federal Medicaid funding and changing the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is projected to cut federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next decade and enacts policies like work requirements and increased cost-sharing that are expected to decrease coverage and funding for some recipients. These shifts could increase financial responsibility for states and limit federal Medicaid growth, although the program continues to support 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.