Brentwood Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures reach $2.1 million in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Brentwood billed $2,102,052 for services falling under the Medicine Services and Procedures category, figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. The dollar amount reflects a 3.5% rise over 2023, when providers recorded $2,031,367 in claims for this service area.

Medicaid, a state-administered program supported with funding from both the federal and state governments, provides health coverage for low-income individuals, older adults, children, and people with disabilities. The program remains a significant part of the U.S. health care landscape.

Since taxpayer funds support Medicaid, fluctuations in area billing activity help indicate how publicly funded health spending is used in local communities.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” label groups several Medicaid-billed offerings according to care type, as determined by standard HCPCS and CPT code groupings. This analysis categorized each billing code into only one service grouping—using fixed code prefixes and ranges—to group types of care for accurate time comparisons and avoid duplicate counting.

While health spending rose across several service categories, Medicine Services and Procedures placed second in Brentwood by total Medicaid reimbursement for 2024.

Statewide in California, this same category held the third position in 2024 for total Medicaid payments.

From 2019 to 2024, Medicaid reimbursements linked to Medicine Services and Procedures in Brentwood climbed by $1,532,181, or 268.9%. Some time frames saw accelerated increases, including notable yearly jumps reported in 2023 and 2022.

Payments for Medicine Services and Procedures were distributed throughout Brentwood, but most funds were directed to a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 94513 accounted for $2,102,051 in Medicaid claims for this categorization. Collectively, the top 1 ZIP codes made up 100% of local payments for these services during 2024.

Within this category, Medicaid payments targeted a relatively narrow set of specific billing codes.

Comparatively, Medicaid spending connected to Medicine Services and Procedures rose 3.5% from 2023 to 2024 in Brentwood, versus a 15.1% change spread across all claim categories for the city.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, joint federal and state outlays on Medicaid totaled about $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023, making up around 18% of the nation’s overall health care expenditures. This was up significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The jump reflects around 40% growth in just a few years, a trend largely fueled by increased enrollment and greater demand for services during and after the pandemic.

Legislation enacted under the Trump administration has brought major proposals to shrink federal Medicaid funding and broaden state responsibilities. As an example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is anticipated to reduce federal Medicaid investments by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years while implementing policies such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing—measures that could restrict coverage and funding for affected Medicaid recipients. The adjustments are set to shift additional fiscal responsibility to states and restrain federal funding increases, even as the program continues to cover tens of millions nationwide.

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.