Bellflower logs $3.1 million in Medicaid payments for National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies in 2024

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database, Bellflower Medicaid providers billed $3,112,663 in 2024 for services under the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category. This amount reflects a 46.2% rise from 2023, when claims for the same category totaled $2,128,953.

Medicaid is a state-administered, public health insurance initiative that receives joint funding from federal and state governments. Serving low-income families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, it represents a significant segment of the nation’s health care structure.

Shifts in Medicaid billing patterns reflect how taxpayer-funded public health dollars are distributed locally.

The “National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies” group includes Medicaid-billed services categorized by service type, based on standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. This report classifies each billing code into one service type using established prefixes and numeric ranges, which enables grouping similar services and avoids duplicate counts, ensuring accurate category trends.

While Medicaid expenditures increased across several categories, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies placed third in Bellflower by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Statewide, this category led California in total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid payments for this service group in Bellflower rose by $1,763,406, or 130.7%. The most significant annual jumps were observed in 2023 and 2021.

Spending for this category was dispersed citywide, but the highest amounts concentrated within a small set of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 90706 represented $3,112,663 in Medicaid payments for this category, comprising 100% of Bellflower’s total for the year.

Payments also clustered among a handful of related billing codes within the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies group.

For further context, Medicaid payments for this service type grew by 46.2% between 2024 and 2023 in Bellflower, while overall Medicaid claim categories in the city saw a 32.7% change during the same timeframe.

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

This rise marks about 40% growth within a few years, largely attributed to greater enrollment and usage during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget policies under the Trump administration have put forward substantial reductions to federal Medicaid funding and changes to the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion in the next decade, bringing in work requirements and higher cost-sharing—measures that may decrease coverage and funding for certain recipients. These changes could urge states to absorb more financial responsibility and slow federal support growth, though Medicaid continues serving millions nationwide.

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.