Electra Medicaid spending for medical and surgical supplies climbs to $2,363 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Electra billed $2,363 for services categorized as Medical And Surgical Supplies, based on information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 484.9% rise over 2023, when providers billed $404 for these services.

Medicaid is a publicly funded health insurance program administered at the state level and jointly supported by federal and state governments. It provides coverage for low-income people, as well as seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it a significant component of the U.S. health care system.

Because taxpayer money supports Medicaid, shifts in local billing levels indicate how public health care resources are being utilized in the community.

The “Medical And Surgical Supplies” service category is determined by the nature of care, using standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, each billing code was assigned to one service category using consistent code prefixes and ranges, grouping related services together to prevent double counting while ensuring consistent historical comparisons.

Although multiple service categories showed growth in Medicaid spending, Medical And Surgical Supplies stood as the third highest by overall Medicaid payments in Electra for 2024.

On a state level, the Medical And Surgical Supplies category ranked 11th in total Medicaid payments during 2024 across Texas.

Over five years leading up to 2024, Electra’s Medicaid payments related to the Medical And Surgical Supplies category increased by $2,363, reflecting a 0% change. Growth in spending was especially pronounced during specific periods, including year-over-year gains in 2022 and 2023.

Spending within the Medical And Surgical Supplies category was not uniform across Electra but focused mainly in select ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 76360 recorded the highest Medicaid payments for this category at $2,363. This accounted for 100% of Medical And Surgical Supplies Medicaid payments in the city that year.

Payments within the Medical And Surgical Supplies category were also grouped among a small number of billing codes.

To compare, Medicaid payments for the Medical And Surgical Supplies category in Electra increased 484.9% from 2023 to 2024. Over that same timeframe, all Medicaid claim categories in the city rose by 20.7%.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached an estimated $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, representing approximately 18% of all U.S. health expenditures. This increased sharply from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the pandemic.

This shift amounts to around 40% spending growth in a short span, caused in large part by higher enrollment and usage during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recent federal budget laws enacted under the Trump administration have contained substantial proposals to change federal Medicaid spending and how the program is structured. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is estimated to cut federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years. It introduces new work requirements and higher cost-sharing, changes expected to reduce coverage and federal contributions for many enrollees, shifting more of the financial burden to individual states even as Medicaid continues serving 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.