Lynwood Medicaid dental payments reach $2,763,504 in 2024, posting 7.6% growth

Providers in Lynwood billed Medicaid for $2,763,504 in Dental Services in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount reflects a 7.6% rise from 2023, when the total reached $2,569,001 for the same category of care.

Medicaid is a public health insurance initiative directed by states and funded through partnership between federal and state governments. The program provides coverage for low-income individuals, families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, and represents a major component of the U.S. health care system.

Because taxpayer funding underpins Medicaid, local changes in billing indicate shifts in how public health dollars are distributed within a community.

The Dental Services classification refers to a set of Medicaid services grouped based on type of care and standardized HCPCS and CPT code ranges. For these findings, each billing code fits exclusively into one service category, using fixed prefix and numerical groupings to help categorize services, avoid double-counting, and maintain valid rankings over different periods.

Medicaid expenditures increased across multiple service groups, with Dental Services ranking as the sixth-highest by payments in Lynwood for 2024.

Statewide, Dental Services ranked 11th among all Medicaid payment categories in California in 2024.

Medicaid disbursements for Dental Services in Lynwood rose by $1,790,374, equal to a 184% increase over five years ending in 2024. Certain years, such as 2022 and 2021, saw notable increases year over year.

Although Dental Services spending occurred throughout Lynwood, the majority of payments were concentrated within select ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 90262 was responsible for $2,763,503 of Dental Services Medicaid payments. In total, this top ZIP code represented 100% of Lynwood’s Medicaid disbursements for dental care that year.

Within Dental Services, a small set of billing codes comprised most Medicaid payments.

When comparing total Medicaid payments tied to the Dental Services category, Lynwood posted a 7.6% increase from 2023 to 2024, while all Medicaid claims citywide rose by 18.3% over the same period.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported that aggregate federal and state Medicaid expenditures hit about $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023. That totaled roughly 18% of national health care spending, representing a steep increase from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This change reflects nearly 40% growth over several years, spurred by expanded Medicaid enrollment and greater utilization through and after the pandemic.

Federal budget actions under the Trump administration included major plans to reduce national Medicaid funding and change the program’s structure. Legislation such as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is set to trim federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, introducing policies like work requirements and increased cost-sharing that could reduce access and funding for some users. These reforms are expected to leave states with a higher share of costs and slow growth in federal Medicaid support, even as millions of Americans 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.