Ravenswood Medicaid spending on Procedures / Professional Services jumps to $110,950 in 2024

Medicaid providers in Ravenswood reported $110,950 in billed services for the Procedures / Professional Services category in 2024, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount reflected a 253.3% rise over 2023, when claims in the same category totaled $31,400.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program jointly funded by federal and state governments and administered by the states, covers low-income individuals, families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities. As one of the nation’s largest health care programs, it impacts millions of Americans.

Since Medicaid relies on taxpayer funding, fluctuations in billing by providers highlight how public health care resources are distributed across local communities.

The Procedures / Professional Services category includes a range of Medicaid services defined by care type and identified using standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. Each billing code in this analysis was assigned solely to one service category using specific prefixes and numbering systems, enabling clear year-to-year comparisons and avoiding duplicate counts or rankings.

Although Medicaid expenditures increased in various categories, Procedures / Professional Services was the third-highest category by Ravenswood’s total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Statewide in West Virginia, Procedures / Professional Services was the eighth-largest category by total Medicaid payments for 2024.

Looking across the five years leading up to 2024, Medicaid payments for Procedures / Professional Services in Ravenswood grew by $110,540, or 26955.7%. Significant increases occurred in some periods, with notable jumps year-over-year in 2023 and 2021.

Even though Medicaid billing for Procedures / Professional Services was spread throughout the city, most payments were traced to a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 26164 accounted for $110,950, representing 100% of Ravenswood’s Medicaid payments in this service category for the year.

Within this category, payments were also concentrated in a select group of Medicaid billing codes in Ravenswood.

Between 2024 and 2023, the rise in Medicaid spending on Procedures / Professional Services in Ravenswood, at 253.3%, outpaced the 14.9% growth observed for all Medicaid claim categories in the city during the comparable period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid outlays reached nearly $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of all national health expenditures. This figure marks a sharp increase from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This approximately 40% increase in Medicaid spending in recent years reflects substantial enrollment growth and greater utilization caused by, and following, the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget legislation passed during the Trump administration has proposed major cuts to federal Medicaid funding and changes to the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is projected to trim more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid funding over the next 10 years. The law introduces changes like work requirements and higher cost-sharing that could decrease coverage and support for some participants. These policies are expected to shift more financial responsibility to states and limit growth in federal funding, even as Medicaid remains a vital program for 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.