In 2024, Medicaid providers in Las Animas billed a total of $114,599 for services categorized as Medicine Services and Procedures, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount reflects a 39.5% increase from 2023, when claims under the same category reached $82,162.
Medicaid, a state-administered and federally and state-financed public health insurance program, serves low-income individuals and families, elderly adults, children, and people with disabilities. As one of the nation’s largest health care programs, it plays a significant role in the U.S. health care landscape. More information on program funding can be found here.
Because Medicaid payments are funded by taxpayers, shifts in local billing numbers illustrate how health care resources are distributed within a community.
The “Medicine Services and Procedures” category comprises services designated by specific types of care, using standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. In this review, each code was classified into a single service group with consistent prefixes and number ranges, enabling similar services to be analyzed together while preventing double-counting and supporting consistent rankings across years.
Although Medicaid outlays increased in multiple service categories, Medicine Services and Procedures recorded the second-highest total payments in Las Animas for 2024.
Statewide in Colorado, the Medicine Services and Procedures category ranked fifth by overall payments during 2024.
From 2019 to 2024, Medicaid payments in Las Animas for Medicine Services and Procedures rose $29,371, or 34.5%. Periods of accelerated growth were observed, notably with sizable year-over-year increases in 2023 and 2022.
Although providers billed for Medicine Services and Procedures throughout the city, the majority of 2024 payments were concentrated in a small set of ZIP codes. ZIP code 81054 accounted for $114,599, or 100% of all local Medicaid payments in this category for the year.
Payments within the Medicine Services and Procedures category were also focused on a small set of billing codes.
Between 2023 and 2024, Medicaid payments in Las Animas linked to Medicine Services and Procedures grew by 39.5%, while all Medicaid claims in the city rose by 45.2% during the same period.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data put combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures at approximately $871.7 billion for the fiscal year 2023, which is about 18% of all national health spending. This is a sharp increase from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This jump amounts to roughly a 40% rise over several years, with expanded Medicaid enrollment and higher utilization fueling much of the increase during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal budget changes during the Trump administration have included major proposals to decrease federal Medicaid funding and revise the program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal Medicaid outlays by over $1 trillion over 10 years, with new requirements such as work provisions and more cost-sharing for beneficiaries—measures that could shrink coverage and funding for some groups. These changes are expected to shift more financial responsibility to states and limit federal funding growth while the program continues to cover tens of millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $85,227 | -21.8% |
| 2021 | $83,601 | -1.9% |
| 2022 | $68,528 | -18% |
| 2023 | $82,161 | 19.9% |
| 2024 | $114,599 | 39.5% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evaluation and Management | $427,238 | 61.2% |
| 2 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $114,599 | 16.4% |
| 3 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $59,797 | 8.6% |
| 4 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $46,467 | 6.7% |
| 5 | Dental Services | $45,039 | 6.5% |
| 6 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $4,594 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $0 | <0.1% |
| 7 | Procedures / Professional Services | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90834 | Psytx w pt 45 minutes | $78,182 | 9 |
| 90837 | Psytx w pt 60 minutes | $34,555 | 4 |
| 90471 | Immunization admin | $1,861 | 4 |
| 90656 | Iiv3 vacc no prsv 0.5 ml im | $0 | 1 |
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.
