Harrisburg Medicaid spending for Medicine Services and Procedures rises to $291,117 in 2024

Harrisburg Medicaid providers reported $291,117 in charges for services under the Medicine Services and Procedures category in 2024, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This represents an increase of 13.2% from 2023, when $257,104 was billed for the same group of services.

Medicaid is a joint federal and state health insurance program funded by both levels of government. It provides coverage to low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid payments are funded through tax dollars, varying local billing levels illustrate how public health care spending is directed within the community.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” category encompasses Medicaid-billed services grouped by their type of care, based on established HCPCS and CPT code ranges. For this report, each billing code was assigned to one service group using standard prefixes and number sequences, ensuring similar services could be analyzed together without duplicate counting and supporting accurate rankings over time.

Though Medicaid expenses climbed in several service categories, Medicine Services and Procedures had the highest total Medicaid payments in Harrisburg for 2024.

Statewide in Arkansas, Medicine Services and Procedures was the second-highest category by Medicaid payment total in 2024.

Looking at the five years prior to 2024, Harrisburg’s Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures rose by $200,962, or 222.9%. The rate of spending growth quickened at points, with notable annual increases seen in both 2022 and 2021.

While expenditures for Medicine Services and Procedures were spread across Harrisburg, the majority of payments were concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 72432 reported $291,116 in Medicaid payments for this category. This single area accounted for 100% of Harrisburg’s Medicine Services and Procedures Medicaid payments that year.

Within the category, the distribution of Medicaid spending was focused on a limited set of individual billing codes.

For context, between 2024 and 2023, citywide Medicaid spending on Medicine Services and Procedures grew by 13.2%, while the increase for all Medicaid claim categories in Harrisburg during this period was 5%.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid spending together reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. That made up about 18% of all U.S. health expenditures, a substantial rise from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This growth equates to an increase of about 40% in just a few years, mainly due to higher enrollment numbers and utilization rates seen during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have included sweeping proposals to decrease federal Medicaid support and alter the program’s structure. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion during the next 10 years while introducing changes like work requirements and greater cost-sharing. These policies could limit coverage and funding for some recipients, shifting more financial responsibility to state governments even as Medicaid continues to serve 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.