Greenwood Medicaid providers billed $114,641 for Dental Services in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This was an 11.1% rise over the amount seen in 2023, when billings totaled $103,149 for these services.
Medicaid, a government health insurance program run by states and funded by both federal and state governments, serves low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities. As one of the nation’s largest health care payers, it is a key part of the U.S. system.
Because Medicaid draws on taxpayer dollars, shifts in local billing totals reveal the allocation of public health funds in a community.
The “Dental Services” designation includes a set of Medicaid-billed procedures grouped by care type, based on standardized HCPCS and CPT coding structures. Each relevant billing code was categorized within one service group using consistent code prefixes and ranges so analysts could assess related care without overlaps and maintain accurate multi-year comparisons.
Dentist-related Medicaid expenditures grew across several sectors, but Dental Services ranked 11th for total Medicaid payments in Greenwood in 2024.
At the state level, Dental Services was the 10th largest Medicaid payment category in Mississippi in 2024.
Between 2020 and 2024, Medicaid payments for Dental Services in Greenwood rose by $114,003, representing a 17878.1% increase. Certain years, such as 2021 and 2022, recorded substantial increases over the prior period.
Although spending on Dental Services reached across Greenwood, the payments mainly originated in only a few ZIP codes. In 2024, Medicaid payments for Dental Services were highest in the 38930 ZIP code, totaling $114,640. The single top ZIP code was responsible for 100% of Medicaid Dental Services payments in the city for the year.
Inside the Dental Services category, a small set of billing codes accounted for most Medicaid payments.
For context, the 11.1% gain in Medicaid Dental Services payments between 2024 and 2023 compares with a 16.7% year-over-year change in overall Medicaid claim payments citywide.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid funding nationally totaled roughly $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023—accounting for about 18% of national health expenditures and up markedly from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This increase amounts to nearly 40% growth over several years, primarily caused by expanding enrollment and higher use rates during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal budget laws from the Trump administration have incorporated measures to decrease federal Medicaid funding and modify the structure of benefits. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is anticipated to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid support over the next 10 years. The act includes policy changes such as work requirements and higher cost sharing, which may reduce both coverage and funding available to certain groups, shifting greater responsibility to states as total federal growth slows—despite the program continuing to serve tens of millions nationwide.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $637 | -83.1% |
| 2021 | $40,707 | 6283.8% |
| 2022 | $106,746 | 162.2% |
| 2023 | $103,149 | -3.4% |
| 2024 | $114,640 | 11.1% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $10,729,397 | 37.2% |
| 2 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $9,308,331 | 32.2% |
| 3 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $3,563,423 | 12.3% |
| 4 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $2,119,501 | 7.3% |
| 5 | Evaluation and Management | $1,929,041 | 6.7% |
| 6 | Radiology Procedures | $221,702 | 0.8% |
| 7 | Procedures / Professional Services | $218,235 | 0.8% |
| 8 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $200,704 | 0.7% |
| 9 | Surgery | $179,280 | 0.6% |
| 10 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $137,087 | 0.5% |
| 11 | Dental Services | $114,640 | 0.4% |
| 12 | Vision Services | $57,695 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Coronavirus Diagnostic Panel | $46,890 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $33,720 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Anesthesia | $5,382 | <0.1% |
| 16 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $0 | <0.1% |
| 16 | Outpatient PPS | $0 | <0.1% |
| 16 | Temporary Codes | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| D0330 | Panoramic image | $24,468 | 23 |
| D0140 | Limit oral eval problm focus | $20,992 | 23 |
| D0120 | Periodic oral evaluation | $19,245 | 34 |
| D0220 | Intraoral periapical first | $13,064 | 24 |
| D0150 | Comprehensve oral evaluation | $11,784 | 16 |
| D0230 | Intraoral periapical ea add | $9,213 | 21 |
| D0272 | Dental bitewings two images | $8,846 | 21 |
| D0274 | Bitewings four images | $7,023 | 14 |
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.