Las Animas Medicaid spending on Medicine Services and Procedures increases to $114,599 in 2024

Providers serving Medicaid recipients in Las Animas billed $114,599 for Medicine Services and Procedures in 2024, based on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending data. This amount represents a 39.5% rise from 2023, when submitted claims for these services totaled $82,162.

Medicaid is a government health insurance program administered by states and funded by both federal and state governments. The program covers individuals and families with low incomes, seniors, children and people with disabilities, making it a major part of the U.S. health system.

Since Medicaid is taxpayer funded, variations in local billing highlight how publicly funded health care resources are managed within a region.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” classification includes services identified by the type of care, tracked through standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. This analysis assigned each code to only one service group, using consistent code prefixes and ranges, ensuring accurate comparisons and rankings over time by preventing double counting.

While several Medicaid service categories experienced higher spending, Medicine Services and Procedures held the second-highest total Medicaid payments in Las Animas for 2024.

Across Colorado, Medicine Services and Procedures was fifth in total Medicaid reimbursements for 2024.

During the five years before 2024, Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Las Animas rose $29,371, a 34.5% increase. The pace of spending growth accelerated in certain intervals, with noteworthy year-over-year hikes in 2023 and 2022.

Medicaid dollars for this category were spent throughout Las Animas, yet were most heavily focused in a small set of ZIP codes. In 2024, the ZIP code with the largest Medicaid total for this category was 81054, at $114,599. Altogether, this single ZIP code made up 100% of the Medicaid spending for Medicine Services and Procedures in Las Animas that year.

Medicaid payments within the Medicine Services and Procedures category were also clustered in a handful of specific billing codes.

To compare, spending on Medicine Services and Procedures in Las Animas was up 39.5% between 2023 and 2024, while all Medicaid payment categories together saw a 45.2% change during the same span in the city.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report that federal and state Medicaid spending reached approximately $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023, about 18% of U.S. health spending. That figure climbed from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This equates to roughly 40% growth over just a few years, largely driven by expanded Medicaid enrollment and more frequent use throughout and after the pandemic.

Federal budget changes under the Trump administration brought major federal Medicaid spending reduction proposals and program restructuring. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to cut over $1 trillion from federal Medicaid outlays over 10 years. It introduces changes such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which could curtail benefits and funding for some enrollees. These shifts are likely to place more fiscal responsibility on states and limit the future federal Medicaid funding increase, even as the program remains vital to tens of millions of Americans.

Note: HCPCS codes are presented to provide context within the category. All totals and rankings are determined using standardized groupings of services rather than individual billing codes.

Details in this report are drawn from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The original data is available here.