Medicaid dental service payments in Burkburnett rise to $29,183 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Burkburnett billed $29,183 for services under the Dental Services category, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. This reflects a 28% increase from 2023, when claims for the same category reached $22,802.

Medicaid, a publicly funded health insurance program managed by the states with joint federal and state financial support, provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, as well as seniors, children and people with disabilities, forming a core component of the U.S. health care infrastructure.

Since Medicaid is supported by taxpayer dollars, trends in local billing show how health care funding is distributed in Burkburnett.

The “Dental Services” group comprises Medicaid services classified by care type via standard HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, each billing code was assigned to a single service group according to consistent prefixes and numeric ranges, ensuring accurate aggregation and preventing double counting for year-to-year analysis.

Dental Services ranked as the second-highest Medicaid payment category in Burkburnett in 2024, following growth seen in other service categories.

Statewide in Texas, the Dental Services category held the seventh spot by overall Medicaid payments in 2024.

In the five years preceding 2024, Burkburnett’s Medicaid payments tied to Dental Services grew by $17,562, an increase of 151.1%. Increases in 2021 and 2022 helped accelerate that growth rate during this period.

Despite Medicaid payments being distributed citywide for Dental Services, the majority were concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 76354 posted $29,183 in payments, which represented 100% of Burkburnett’s Medicaid Dental Services claims that year.

Within the broader Dental Services group, Medicaid payments were largely focused on a few select billing codes.

Comparing 2024 and 2023, Medicaid Dental Services payments in Burkburnett climbed by 28%, while the overall rate of change across all categories in the city was 35.5% during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, joint federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, representing roughly 18% of total U.S. health spending — up from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 emergency.

This increase equates to nearly 40% growth over only a few years, with the expansion attributed to higher enrollment and service usage during and after the pandemic era.

Several recent federal budget initiatives under President Trump have proposed substantial cuts to federal Medicaid funding and sought restructuring. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is set to reduce federal Medicaid outlays by more than $1 trillion over a decade and introduces measures such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing, which may decrease benefits and funding for some enrollees. The law is expected to shift more financial responsibility to states and slow federal Medicaid spending growth, though the program will continue to insure 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.