Port Barre Medicaid payments for National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies climb 42.4% in 2024

Port Barre Medicaid providers submitted $2,626,076 in claims for services in 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 amount marked a 42.4% rise from 2023, when total claims for the same service category reached $1,844,779.

Medicaid is a government-run health insurance program supported by both federal and state governments. It serves low-income families and individuals, children, seniors, and people with disabilities, making it a key element of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid funding is sourced from taxpayers, shifts in local billing levels reflect changes in how public health care dollars are distributed within a community.

The National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category encompasses a range of Medicaid-billed services, each defined by the specific type of care delivered and organized through standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, each billing code was placed within a single service category using unified code prefixes and numeric ranges to help compare related services and maintain precise historical rankings.

While Medicaid spending grew in several service areas, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies represented the largest category by payment total for Medicaid in Port Barre during 2024.

Statewide in Louisiana, the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies group was ranked second for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid payments related to the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category in Port Barre went up $784,098, or 42.6%. Certain years, including 2022 and 2020, saw particularly strong year-over-year growth.

Although these Medicaid payments covered care throughout Port Barre, most funds were concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 70577 accounted for $2,626,075 in Medicaid payments classified in the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category. This single ZIP code made up 100% of the payments in this category for Port Barre in the year.

Payments within the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category were also focused among a limited selection of individual billing codes.

Between 2024 and 2023, Port Barre saw a 42.4% jump in Medicaid payments related to the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category, compared with a 31.1% change across all Medicaid claim types in the city during the same time frame.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023—roughly 18% of the nation’s total health care expenditures—increasing sharply from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This jump reflects about 40% growth in a few years, mostly due to expanded enrollment and higher service use during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration include major proposals to reduce federal spending on Medicaid and alter the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which became law in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid support over the next decade and brings in new policies such as work requirements and greater cost-sharing, potentially reducing coverage and funding for certain beneficiaries. These adjustments are expected to shift more expenses to states and slow the pace of federal Medicaid growth as the program continues to serve 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.