Debary Medicaid spending on Procedures / Professional Services surges 4394.4% to $4,000 in 2024

Debary’s Medicaid providers billed $4,000 in 2024 for services in the Procedures / Professional Services category, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. This amount reflects a 4394.4% increase over 2023, when providers claimed $89 for the same category of service.

Medicaid is a statewide public health insurance program jointly funded by the federal and state governments. The program provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, contributing to its status as one of the nation’s largest health care systems. See more details at the Commonwealth Fund.

Because Medicaid is funded through taxpayer dollars, shifts in local billing amounts help illustrate how health care resources are distributed within a community.

The Procedures / Professional Services category represents a defined set of Medicaid-billed services determined by the type of care, using standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. For this study, service categories were organized by code prefix and number range, enabling a grouped review of related care while avoiding duplicate tallies or misleading rankings through time.

Despite elevated Medicaid spending in multiple categories, Procedures / Professional Services was the fourth-highest category by payment total in Debary in 2024.

Statewide, Procedures / Professional Services placed 10th for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Between 2020 and 2024, Medicaid payments for Procedures / Professional Services in Debary grew by $4,000, maintaining a growth rate of 0%. The pace of spending gains accelerated in some periods, with especially notable year-over-year increases in both 2023 and 2022.

While the Procedures / Professional Services category saw citywide utilization, Medicaid payments were concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 32713 accounted for all $4,000 claimed, representing 100% of the city’s total for this category.

Within Procedures / Professional Services, Medicaid billing remained focused on a small segment of individual codes.

Comparatively, Medicaid spending on Procedures / Professional Services in Debary soared by 4394.4% from 2023 to 2024, while the increase for all Medicaid claim categories citywide during the same timeframe was 58.1%.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report that total federal and state Medicaid outlays hit about $871.7 billion nationwide in fiscal 2023, approximately 18% of U.S. health spending, rising sharply from $613.5 billion in 2019 preceding COVID-19.

This national growth—about 40% over several years—largely reflects higher enrollment and expanded use during and following the pandemic.

In recent years, major legislative changes under the Trump administration have aimed to decrease federal Medicaid contributions and modify the program’s structure. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, will cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid support over 10 years and will apply measures like work requirements and higher cost-sharing, outcomes likely to curtail benefits and funding for segments of the population. With these adjustments, states are expected to take on higher financial responsibility for Medicaid even as millions continue to rely on the program.

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.