Moorhead sees 134.3% jump in Medicaid payments for Procedures / Professional Services in 2024

Moorhead Medicaid providers billed $389 in 2024 for services within the Procedures / Professional Services category, based on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. That figure represents a 134.3% rise from 2023, when claims for the same services totaled $166.

Medicaid, a state-managed public health insurance initiative funded by both state and federal governments, covers low-income people and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a key part of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid is financed by taxpayers, shifts in local billing highlight how public health care funding is distributed in individual communities.

The Procedures / Professional Services category consists of Medicaid-billed services defined by the types of care provided, following established HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For the purpose of this analysis, each billing code was assigned to a single service category with consistent code prefixes and numerical ranges, ensuring related services could be analyzed together and ranking data remained accurate.

While different service categories experienced increased Medicaid spending, Procedures / Professional Services was the city’s second largest category for total Medicaid payments in Moorhead in 2024.

Statewide in Mississippi, Procedures / Professional Services placed 11th by total Medicaid payments during 2024.

Over the five years before 2024, Medicaid payments in Moorhead for Procedures / Professional Services grew by $389, or 0%. Certain years, such as 2023 and 2022, saw periods of more significant spending increases.

Although the spending in this category was spread across Moorhead, most payments were concentrated within a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 38761 had the largest total at $389, with the top 1 ZIP codes together making up 100.1% of the citywide Medicaid payments for Procedures / Professional Services.

Payments in Procedures / Professional Services also focused on a small number of billing codes within the category.

Compared to the 134.3% increase in Procedures / Professional Services Medicaid payments between 2024 and 2023 in Moorhead, the overall change across all Medicaid claim categories in the city during that same period was 7.7%.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that in fiscal year 2023, Medicaid spending from both state and federal sources climbed to roughly $871.7 billion, about 18% of all national health expenditures, representing a steep increase from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This approximately 40% increase over several years was mainly fueled by higher enrollment numbers and greater usage during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures approved under the Trump administration introduced proposals for scaling back federal Medicaid contributions and modifying the structure of the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is anticipated to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years and introduce new policies, including work requirements and increased cost-sharing, potentially limiting coverage and funding for some recipients. Such changes are expected to pass more costs to states while restricting federal support even as Medicaid continues to cover tens of 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.