In 2024, Starkville Medicaid providers charged $18,830 for services categorized as Medical And Surgical Supplies, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This total reflects a 6.7% growth from the prior year, when claims in this category came to $17,640.
Medicaid is a public insurance program managed by each state and financed through a federal-state partnership. Medicaid serves low-income individuals and families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities, making it one of the largest components of health care in the United States.
Since Medicaid spending is funded by taxpayers, fluctuations in local billing help illustrate how health care dollars are distributed throughout a community.
The “Medical And Surgical Supplies” category includes services grouped according to provided care, based on HCPCS and CPT code categories. For this data analysis, each billing code was matched to one service category using standardized code prefixes and number ranges, grouping related services while keeping rankings accurate and avoiding double counting.
Even as Medicaid payments increased in several categories, Medical And Surgical Supplies was the 13th largest Medicaid-funded service category in Starkville in 2024.
Statewide in Mississippi, Medical And Surgical Supplies also ranked 13th in total Medicaid payments in 2024.
From 2019 to 2024, Medicaid payments in Starkville for Medical And Surgical Supplies climbed by $11,731, an increase of 165.3%. Some years saw particularly sharp growth, with notable increases in 2021 and 2020.
Across Starkville, spending in the Medical And Surgical Supplies category was dispersed, but was highly concentrated in select ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 39759 accounted for all Medicaid payments in this category, totaling $18,830. This ZIP code represented 100% of Medicaid payments for this service category in Starkville during the year.
Within Medical And Surgical Supplies, spending was dominated by a small group of specific billing codes.
Medicaid-related spending for Medical And Surgical Supplies in Starkville grew by 6.7% between 2024 and 2023, while Medicaid payments across all categories in the city rose by 20.5% during the same period.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid outlays reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, making up about 18% of national health care expenditures. This represents a substantial jump from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This surge equates to a roughly 40% increase over several years, primarily driven by broader enrollment and greater health service utilization throughout and following the pandemic.
Recent federal budget actions under the Trump administration have featured major plans to cut federal Medicaid dollars and change the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is projected to reduce federal Medicaid outlays by more than $1 trillion over the next decade and adds requirements such as work mandates and higher cost-sharing, which could lessen both funding and coverage for some beneficiaries. As a result, states are expected to shoulder more costs and face slower federal funding growth, even though Medicaid will continue to serve tens of millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $7,098 | 27.7% |
| 2021 | $13,290 | 87.2% |
| 2022 | $16,609 | 25% |
| 2023 | $17,640 | 6.2% |
| 2024 | $18,830 | 6.7% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $3,456,935 | 28.4% |
| 2 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $3,418,335 | 28.1% |
| 3 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $2,180,728 | 17.9% |
| 4 | Evaluation and Management | $1,763,873 | 14.5% |
| 5 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $254,709 | 2.1% |
| 6 | Durable Medical Equipment | $247,625 | 2% |
| 7 | Dental Services | $238,514 | 2% |
| 8 | Radiology Procedures | $206,001 | 1.7% |
| 9 | Surgery | $179,065 | 1.5% |
| 10 | Durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) | $122,042 | 1% |
| 11 | Procedures / Professional Services | $37,803 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Vision Services | $23,689 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $18,830 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $9,655 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Anesthesia | $4,847 | <0.1% |
| 16 | Temporary Codes | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| A7030 | Cpap full face mask | $6,742 | 6 |
| A7005 | Nondisposable nebulizer set | $5,047 | 10 |
| A7037 | Pos airway pressure tubing | $2,832 | 12 |
| A7035 | Pos airway press headgear | $1,466 | 9 |
| A7038 | Pos airway pressure filter | $1,164 | 12 |
| A7031 | Replacement facemask interfa | $975 | 1 |
| A7015 | Aerosol mask used w nebulize | $419 | 10 |
| A7013 | Disposable compressor filter | $183 | 10 |
| A4657 | Syringe w/wo needle | $0 | 10 |
| A4913 | Misc dialysis supplies noc | $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.