Jacksonville Medicaid payments for National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies rise to $5,759,235 in 2024

Jacksonville Medicaid providers submitted $5,759,235 in claims for services within the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This total represented a 9.6% gain from 2023, when $5,253,009 in payments were reported for the same category.

Medicaid, a government health insurance initiative funded jointly by state and federal governments, provides coverage to low-income residents, including families, children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities, making it one of the leading programs in US health care.

Taxpayer support underwrites Medicaid payments, so local changes in billing offer insight into how public health dollars are expended in an area.

The “National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies” category encompasses services grouped by standardized HCPCS and CPT codes, with each billing code wholly assigned to a category based on prefixes and numeric ranges to maintain accuracy and avoid double counting for this analysis.

Although total Medicaid spending climbed in several categories, Jacksonville reported the highest 2024 Medicaid payment total in the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category.

Across Arkansas, the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies also held the top statewide Medicaid payment rank for 2024.

Throughout the five years leading up to 2024, Medicaid payments in the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category in Jacksonville grew by $1,249,089, or 17.8%. Growth accelerated at times, with sizeable annual increases noted for both 2023 and 2022.

While funds for these services were spent citywide, Medicaid payments were heavily concentrated within certain ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 72076 recorded all Medicaid spending in this category at $5,759,234, making up 100% of Jacksonville’s total in this classification for the year.

For this category, Medicaid payments were clustered among a handful of billing codes.

In comparison, the 9.6% year-over-year payment rise in the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies from 2023 to 2024 in Jacksonville outpaced the 2% change recorded across all Medicaid categories locally within the same timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid expenditures reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, or about 18% of all national health outlays, which is a significant increase from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The jump represents about 40% growth in just a few years, largely attributed to broader enrollment levels and more frequent service use during and following the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget actions under the Trump administration include major initiatives to lower federal funding and restructure Medicaid. Notably, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid funding by over $1 trillion in the next decade and introduces measures like work requirements and higher cost-sharing that may restrict access and payments for certain populations. These moves are set to place more responsibility on states and restrain future federal support, even as the Medicaid 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.