In 2024, Missouri City Medicaid providers submitted $8,573,415 in claims for services in the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This was a 3.7% increase over 2023 totals, when claims for these services reached $8,269,841.
Medicaid is a health coverage program administered by states and jointly financed by federal and state governments. It provides insurance for low-income families and individuals, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health system.
Because Medicaid funds are tax-supported, fluctuations in local billing reflect how community health care resources are distributed.
The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” category represents services billed through Medicaid as defined by care types, using standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. For the purpose of this analysis, each billing code was sorted into a specific service group based on code prefixes and numeric sequences, ensuring clarity, preventing duplication, and allowing for consistent ranking comparisons.
Despite increases in spending across a number of Medicaid categories, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) placed second in Missouri City for total Medicaid payments in 2024.
Statewide in Texas, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) ranked first in total Medicaid payments for 2024.
Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Missouri City grew by $6,237,695 over the five years prior to 2024—a 267.1% rise. There were particularly notable jumps in year-over-year spending during 2021 and 2020.
Spending in this service category was distributed throughout Missouri City, but most payments were concentrated in a small group of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 77459 accounted for $7,336,052, 77489 for $1,205,497, and 17489 for $31,864. Together, these three ZIP codes represented 100% of Missouri City’s Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services in 2024.
Within this category, Medicaid expenditures focused on a small subset of billing codes.
Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services in Missouri City increased 3.7% from 2023 to 2024, while all local Medicaid claim categories saw an 11.3% change within the same time frame.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid spending reached around $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, or about 18% of total U.S. health expenditures. This figure increased significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The rise of approximately 40% over several years is largely attributed to greater enrollment and higher usage during and following the pandemic period.
Recent federal budget actions during the Trump administration have proposed notable changes impacting federal contributions to Medicaid. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal Medicaid outlays by more than $1 trillion over the next decade and introduces changes such as work requirements and expanded cost-sharing. Such policies could shrink benefits for certain participants and transfer costs to states, potentially curbing the future pace of federal funding growth, though the program will continue to cover tens of millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2,335,720 | 101.3% |
| 2021 | $5,781,748 | 147.5% |
| 2022 | $6,767,469 | 17% |
| 2023 | $8,269,841 | 22.2% |
| 2024 | $8,573,414 | 3.7% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $15,933,612 | 52.7% |
| 2 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $8,573,414 | 28.4% |
| 3 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $3,160,020 | 10.5% |
| 4 | Evaluation and Management | $861,854 | 2.9% |
| 5 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $711,724 | 2.4% |
| 6 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $633,853 | 2.1% |
| 7 | Dental Services | $167,752 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Vision Services | $92,604 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $72,557 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Surgery | $17,592 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Procedures / Professional Services | $575 | <0.1% |
| 12 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $0 | <0.1% |
| 12 | Temporary Codes | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5125 | Attendant care service /15m | $7,516,795 | 118 |
| S5101 | Adult day care per half day | $1,041,912 | 27 |
| S0621 | Routine ophthalmological exa | $10,423 | 11 |
| S0620 | Routine ophthalmological exa | $4,283 | 5 |
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.
