West Point Medicaid payments for National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies reach $36,377 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in West Point billed $36,377 for services falling under the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies, reported data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount was a 3.3% increase compared with 2023, when claims in this service category reached $35,203.

Medicaid, operated by the states and funded through federal and state cooperation, offers health coverage to low-income residents, seniors, children and people with disabilities, forming a major part of the U.S. health care system.

As Medicaid is taxpayer-funded, shifts in local billing totals highlight changes in how public health spending is distributed within communities.

The “National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies” category comprises a set of Medicaid-billed services identified by the type of care provided, structured by HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this analysis, each billing code was attributed to only one service category by applying code prefixes and numeric ranges, so related services could be tracked together, avoiding duplicates for reliable rankings over time.

While spending increased across several Medicaid service categories, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies placed seventh in total local payments in West Point in 2024.

Statewide in Mississippi, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies ranked first overall for total payments in 2024.

From 2020 to 2024, West Point’s Medicaid payments for the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies grew by $57,208, or 61.1%. Spending climbed more rapidly during certain periods, notably in 2020 and 2023.

Although spending in this category occurred citywide, most payments were concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. The ZIP code with the highest Medicaid payments for this category in 2024 was 39773, totaling $36,377. This top ZIP code made up 100% of all local Medicaid payments for this group of services during the year.

Medicaid spending within the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category was also focused in a small group of individual billing codes.

For further context, Medicaid payments for this category in West Point increased 3.3% from 2023 to 2024, while overall Medicaid payments for all categories in the city grew by 15.9% in the same period.

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

This growth equates to an increase of around 40% in recent years, driven largely by expanded enrollment and increased use of services during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures enacted during the Trump administration included substantial measures to reduce federal Medicaid spending and update the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is set to cut federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years and implement changes such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which could lessen coverage and available funds for certain participants. These modifications are anticipated to shift greater financial responsibility to states and slow growth in federal Medicaid funding, even as the program continues to cover 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.