In 2024, Medicaid providers in Haskell billed $13,245 for Dental Services, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. That represented an increase of 100.9% over 2023, when providers submitted $6,594 in claims for the category.
Medicaid, a state-run public health insurance program funded by both federal and state governments, serves low-income residents, seniors, children, and people with disabilities. It is a major component of the national health care system.
Since Medicaid funds come from taxpayers, fluctuations in local billing can reflect how public health dollars are used within a community.
The Dental Services category includes groups of Medicaid services defined by care type, benchmarked against standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. This analysis assigned each billing code to a consistent service category to group similar services, prevent double counting, and support accurate comparisons over time.
While overall Medicaid expenditures increased across multiple service sectors, Dental Services received the highest Medicaid payments in Haskell for 2024.
Statewide in Texas, Dental Services was listed as the seventh largest category for Medicaid payments that year.
From 2019 through 2024, Medicaid spending on Dental Services in Haskell increased by $810, or 6.5%. Periods of significant year-over-year growth occurred in 2020 and 2021.
Payments for Dental Services were distributed among various parts of the city but were largely concentrated in specific ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 79521 accounted for $13,244, making up 100% of Medicaid payments for Dental Services in Haskell that year.
A small number of individual billing codes saw the majority of Medicaid Dental Services spending in Haskell in 2024.
Dentally focused Medicaid payments in Haskell climbed 100.9% from 2023 to 2024, in contrast to an increase of 55.3% among all local Medicaid categories during the period.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that federal and state Medicaid spending totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up close to 18% of total U.S. health care expenditures and marking a rise from around $613.5 billion in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This 40% increase over several years has mostly been driven by enrollment growth and increased utilization following the pandemic.
Recent Trump-era federal budget laws proposed large cuts and restructuring for Medicaid. One key example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is projected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion in the next decade. Policies such as work requirements and enhanced cost-sharing measures could limit funding and coverage for certain individuals, shifting financial responsibility to state governments and slowing growth in federal support as Medicaid continues to insure tens of millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $12,435 | 3522.1% |
| 2021 | $86,239 | 593.5% |
| 2022 | $35,461 | -58.9% |
| 2023 | $6,594 | -81.4% |
| 2024 | $13,244 | 100.8% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dental Services | $13,244 | 44.4% |
| 2 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $11,904 | 39.9% |
| 3 | Evaluation and Management | $2,882 | 9.7% |
| 4 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $1,781 | 6% |
| 5 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $30 | 0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Periodic oral evaluation | $5,221 | 4 |
| D0274 | Bitewings four images | $4,072 | 4 |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation, pt < 3yrs | $1,846 | 1 |
| D0272 | Dental bitewings two images | $1,776 | 4 |
| D0220 | Intraoral periapical first | $325 | 2 |
| D0603 | Caries risk assess high risk | $0 | 4 |
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.
