Providers in Liberty Lake billed $40,465 to Medicaid for services included in the Medicine Services and Procedures category during 2024, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount is a 14.7% increase from 2023, when $35,275 was billed for these services.
Medicaid, a public health insurance system operated by the states and funded collaboratively by federal and state governments, provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, children, seniors, and those with disabilities, making it one of the largest programs in the U.S. health care sector.
Because Medicaid disbursements are funded by taxpayers, shifts in local billing totals highlight how public health care funds are distributed within a community.
The “Medicine Services and Procedures” group is based on the classification of care delivered, defined by standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. This analysis assigned each billing code to one service category using consistent prefixes and ranges, grouping related services together, preventing duplicate counts, and maintaining clear ranking trends over time.
Medicine Services and Procedures placed fourth among Liberty Lake Medicaid service categories by total payments for 2024, amid increases across multiple categories.
Across Washington, this same category ranked third by payment total for the year.
Between 2019 and 2024, Liberty Lake saw a $36,660 increase in Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures, or a 963.5% rise. The most significant annual increases occurred in 2022 and 2021.
Spending was distributed within the city, but a concentration was seen in specific ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 99019 accounted for all $40,465 in Medicaid payments for this category in Liberty Lake. The top single ZIP code represented 100% of the city’s payments in this category for the year.
Payments within the Medicine Services and Procedures category were focused on a select group of billing codes.
From 2023 to 2024, Liberty Lake’s Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures climbed by 14.7%, compared to a 7.1% change in total Medicaid claims across all categories for the same period in the city.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid spending hit about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, making up approximately 18% of national health care expenses. This is an increase from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
That rise amounts to about 40% growth in several years, largely attributed to higher enrollment and use of services during and after the pandemic.
Recent legislation enacted under the Trump administration included broad measures to scale back federal Medicaid funding and revise the program design. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is set to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years and adds new rules such as work requirements and greater cost sharing, which could trim coverage and funding for certain recipients. These developments are expected to shift additional Medicaid costs to states and constrain federal growth for the program, as it continues to cover tens of millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $3,804 | -64.1% |
| 2021 | $7,821 | 105.6% |
| 2022 | $23,482 | 200.2% |
| 2023 | $35,274 | 50.2% |
| 2024 | $40,465 | 14.7% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dental Services | $272,908 | 45% |
| 2 | Durable Medical Equipment | $170,065 | 28% |
| 3 | Durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) | $46,888 | 7.7% |
| 4 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $40,465 | 6.7% |
| 5 | Evaluation and Management | $37,420 | 6.2% |
| 6 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $32,205 | 5.3% |
| 7 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $3,786 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $3,035 | 0.5% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90837 | Psytx w pt 60 minutes | $39,749 | 9 |
| 90833 | Psytx w pt w e/m 30 min | $716 | 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.
