Heartland Medicaid providers record $1,128,299 in Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services for 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Heartland billed $1,128,299 for services within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 23.1% increase from 2023, when providers filed $916,427 in claims for these services.

Medicaid, a government health insurance initiative managed by states and jointly financed by federal and state governments, covers low-income individuals and families, seniors, children and those living with disabilities. It is among the largest components of the U.S. health care system. For a deeper look into Medicaid funding, see this resource.

Because Medicaid dollars are sourced from taxpayers, shifts in local billing volumes signal how publicly funded health care resources are distributed in a given area.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” classification encompasses Medicaid services identified by care provided and standardized through HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For the scope of this report, each billing code was mapped to a single service category by specific code prefixes and number ranges, enabling precise grouping of related services and helping to prevent duplicate counts while providing consistent rankings across years.

Within Heartland, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) accounted for the highest total Medicaid payments of any service category in 2024.

Statewide in Texas, the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group also led all categories in total Medicaid payments for 2024.

Between 2020 and 2024, Medicaid payments for the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in Heartland climbed by $674,723—a 148.8% increase. Periods of rapid year-over-year growth were observed, particularly in 2021 and 2020.

Though these payments were distributed throughout Heartland, most were concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 75126 alone accounted for $1,128,299, representing 100% of Medicaid payments attributed to Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Heartland that year.

Payment concentration was also pronounced among individual billing codes in the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) service group.

Comparatively, over the span from 2023 to 2024, Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Heartland increased by 23.1%, mirroring the citywide increase across all Medicaid claim categories during the period.

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

This increase equals growth of about 40% across just a few years, driven in large part by expanded enrollment and higher usage rates during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures enacted during the Trump administration have included substantial proposals for decreasing federal Medicaid contributions and revamping the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” implemented in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over a decade and adds requirements like mandatory work and higher cost-sharing, which may lower coverage and funding for some recipients. These changes are anticipated to transfer more Medicaid funding responsibility to states and slow the pace of federal support, even as the program continues to assist tens of millions of Americans.

Note: HCPCS codes are presented for context within the category. The totals and ranks referenced in this article are drawn from standardized service groupings, not individual billing codes.

All data were sourced from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Access the source here.