Surgery-related Medicaid payments rise to $3,439 in Centreville for 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Centreville billed a total of $3,439 for services categorized under Surgery, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represented a 25.7% increase over 2023, when $2,735 in claims were submitted for comparable services.

Medicaid is a public health insurance initiative operated by states and financed jointly by federal and state governments. The program supports low-income residents, seniors, children and those with disabilities, making it a fundamental component of the nation’s health care system.

Since Medicaid is funded by taxpayers, shifts in local billing reflect how health care funds are distributed within each community.

The “Surgery” category encompasses a range of Medicaid-billed services based on the care type, as defined by standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. In this analysis, each billing code was placed in a single service category by using consistent code prefixes and number ranges, ensuring related services are considered together and that spending is neither double-counted nor misranked over time.

While Medicaid spending increased across various categories, Surgery was the fifth highest by total Medicaid payments in Centreville for 2024.

Statewide in Mississippi, Surgery ranked ninth in Medicaid payments by category in 2024.

Over the five years prior to 2024, Surgery-related Medicaid payments in Centreville grew by $1,647, or 91.9%. Certain years, including 2021 and 2023, saw particularly significant annual increases.

Surgery category payments were distributed citywide, but a small number of ZIP codes saw the bulk of the funds. In 2024, ZIP code 39631 had the highest payment total in this category—$3,439—meaning the top ZIP accounted for the entirety of Surgery-related Medicaid payments in Centreville that year.

Within Surgery, Medicaid payments also concentrated around a handful of billing codes.

In comparison, the Surgery category in Centreville increased by 25.7% from 2023 to 2024, while all Medicaid claim categories citywide rose by 43.5% during the same interval.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up roughly 18% of all U.S. health spending. This was a steep jump from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the pandemic began.

This nearly 40% increase was driven mainly by higher enrollment and greater usage during and after the pandemic period.

Federal budget legislation during the Trump administration brought forward substantial measures to reduce federal Medicaid support and revise the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, enacted in 2025, is projected to cut federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over a decade. The act includes provisions such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing, which may limit access and reduce funding for some recipients. These shifts are expected to raise state costs and restrict the expansion of federal support even as millions nationwide continue to depend on Medicaid.

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.