Belzoni Medicaid providers billed $291,881 for procedures and professional services in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Belzoni submitted $291,881 in claims for Procedures / Professional Services, according to information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Compared with 2023, this represented a 22.5% increase over the $238,280 billed for the same services.

Medicaid is a state-administered public health insurance program that is funded jointly by both federal and state governments. It serves low-income people and families, older adults, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it one of the nation’s largest health care programs.

Because Medicaid draws from taxpayer sources, changes in local billing levels highlight how health care funding is distributed in individual communities.

The Procedures / Professional Services category includes a set of Medicaid services as defined by HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, every billing code was assigned to a single service category by standardized code prefixes and ranges, allowing grouping of related services and helping ensure accurate trends without double counting.

While Medicaid outlays grew in several categories, Procedures / Professional Services ranked at the top in Belzoni for Medicaid reimbursements in 2024.

Across Mississippi, the Procedures / Professional Services group placed 11th in overall Medicaid payment amounts for 2024.

Looking at the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid spending on Procedures / Professional Services in Belzoni rose by $81,373, or 38.7%. The spending increases were especially marked in 2020 and 2021.

Spending associated with this category of care was unevenly dispersed, with payments mainly coming from a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, the 39038 ZIP code produced $291,880 in Procedures / Professional Services reimbursements. The top ZIP code accounted for all Medicaid payments in Belzoni in this category during the year.

Within Procedures / Professional Services, most Medicaid funds were focused on a handful of specific billing codes.

Comparing percentages, Medicaid payments for Procedures / Professional Services in Belzoni climbed 22.5% from 2023 to 2024, whereas overall Medicaid claims in the city increased 18.2% during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state spending on Medicaid reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up roughly 18% of all U.S. health expenditures. This was a significant rise from around $613.5 billion in 2019, preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.

This growth represents an approximate 40% increase within a few years, spurred by higher enrollment and usage during and after the pandemic.

Federal budget measures passed during the Trump administration included notable proposals to cut Medicaid’s federal funding and alter the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to cut more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid support over the coming decade. It introduces requirements such as work mandates and higher cost-sharing, changes projected to limit funding and coverage for some groups. These reforms are expected to shift more of the Medicaid funding responsibility to states, even as the program remains a critical health resource for millions.

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.