Providers in Laporte billed a total of $439,124 for Medicaid services listed under the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies classification in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This total represented a 504.6% jump over 2023, when submitted claims amounted to $72,634 for the same category.
Medicaid, a public health insurance effort managed by the states and funded by both federal and state governments, provides coverage for low-income people and families, older adults, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health system.
As Medicaid is taxpayer-funded, variations in local billing emphasize how public medical funds are managed within a community.
The “National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies” category includes a range of Medicaid services grouped by care type, identified through assigned HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this overview, each code was sorted into a single service category with consistent code prefixes and numeric intervals, permitting analysis of related services as a group without double counting and preserving data accuracy over time.
Medicaid expenditures rose in several categories, but National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies led Laporte in total Medicaid payments for 2024.
Across Colorado, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies also ranked first in aggregate Medicaid payments for the year.
From 2019 through 2024, Medicaid payments in Laporte for the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category went up by $439,124, or 0%. Increases were more pronounced during specific years, with year-over-year growth spikes in 2023 and 2022.
While services in the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category were billed throughout the city, Medicaid payments were primarily concentrated in specific ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 80535 accounted for $439,124 in Medicaid payments, capturing 100% of payments for this category in Laporte during the year.
Payments within the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies were also focused on a small set of billing codes.
Between 2023 and 2024, Medicaid payments linked to the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category in Laporte climbed 504.6%, compared to a 404.4% rise across all local Medicaid claim groups within the same period.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total federal and state Medicaid expenditures were about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, making up approximately 18% of all U.S. health spending—an increase from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This represents nearly 40% growth in just a few years, mainly due to higher enrollment and increased healthcare usage during and following the pandemic.
Recent U.S. budget policies under the Trump administration included substantial plans to trim federal Medicaid support and alter the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is anticipated to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, introducing work requirements and greater cost-sharing that could limit benefits and funding for certain groups. As a result, more financial responsibility could shift to states with capped federal growth, even as Medicaid continues to cover millions nationwide.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $10,637 | – |
| 2023 | $72,633 | 582.8% |
| 2024 | $439,124 | 504.6% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $439,124 | 99.4% |
| 2 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $2,538 | 0.6% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| T2021 | Day habil waiver per 15 min | $322,793 | 12 |
| T2003 | N-et; encounter/trip | $116,331 | 12 |
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.
