Bridgeport Medicaid providers reported $503,383 in billing for services categorized under National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies in 2024, as noted in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 9.7% rise from 2023, when billing for the same service totaled $458,719.
Medicaid is a government health insurance program managed by states and financed jointly by federal and state funds. It provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities, and ranks among the largest components of the U.S. health care system.
Since Medicaid payments are drawn from taxpayer funding, changes in local billing levels reflect how public health care funds are distributed within a community.
The category “National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies” includes a group of Medicaid-billed services organized by care type, using HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, each billing code was assigned to a single service classification following consistent numeric ranges and code prefixes, so related services could be grouped accurately without double counting and so comparison rankings over time remained correct.
Even though Medicaid spending rose in various service groups, the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category led Bridgeport in total Medicaid payments for 2024.
Statewide in Washington, the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies also ranked first for total Medicaid payments in 2024.
From five years prior to 2024, Medicaid spending attributed to the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies in Bridgeport climbed by $301,499, or 149.3%. The pace of spending increased at certain intervals, with major rises noted for 2023 and 2021.
Though spending for the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies was dispersed throughout the city, payment activity was concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 98813 had the largest share at $503,382. This single ZIP code made up 100% of all Medicaid payments in this category in Bridgeport for that year.
Among the services in the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies group, a limited number of individual billing codes accounted for most payments.
For context, Bridgeport saw a 9.7% increase in Medicaid payments related to this category from 2023 to 2024. This compared with an 11.5% overall change across all Medicaid claim categories in the city during that span.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, making up around 18% of national health expenditures, a significant rise from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This jump equates to roughly 40% growth in just a few years, primarily fueled by expanded enrollment and higher usage during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal budget actions under the Trump administration have outlined major plans to lower federal Medicaid funding and change the program structure. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by over $1 trillion in the next decade and bring in new policies like work requirements and higher cost-sharing that may decrease coverage and shift costs to some beneficiaries. These shifts are anticipated to push more expenses to states and restrict federal Medicaid growth, while the program continues to support tens of millions across the country.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $201,884 | -34% |
| 2021 | $265,978 | 31.7% |
| 2022 | $300,960 | 13.2% |
| 2023 | $458,719 | 52.4% |
| 2024 | $503,382 | 9.7% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $503,382 | 85.6% |
| 2 | Dental Services | $53,461 | 9.1% |
| 3 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $31,197 | 5.3% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1015 | Clinic service | $503,382 | 12 |
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.
