Ball Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) climb to $5.57 million in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Ball billed $5,569,728 for services under the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This amount represents a 5.7% rise from 2023, when billing for the same category reached $5,271,244.

Medicaid operates as a state-administered program with funding from both federal and state governments. Through Medicaid, low-income groups, older adults, children and those with disabilities access health coverage, making it a central part of the nation’s health care network.

Since Medicaid disbursements are sourced from taxpayer funds, shifts in billing volume locally provide insight into community public health investment priorities.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” category groups together Medicaid services based on type of care, determined by standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. Each billing code was assigned to a single category for this analysis, using uniform prefixes and ranges to combine related services, which prevents duplicate counting and ensures accurate year-over-year comparisons.

While multiple service categories saw a rise in Medicaid payments, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) led all service types in Ball for total Medicaid expenditures in 2024.

Statewide, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) also ranked first in Louisiana for total Medicaid spending in 2024.

In the five years prior to 2024, Ball saw Medicaid spending on Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) grow by $1,678,765, or 43.1%. Growth rates were stronger in certain timeframes, notably with significant increases in 2022 and 2021.

Although Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) claim amounts were observed throughout Ball, the bulk of payments originated from a small number of ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 71405 accounted for $5,569,727 in Medicaid payments, with this area representing 100% of Ball’s Medicaid spending in the category that year.

Payments within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group also clustered around a limited set of specific billing codes.

To compare with broader trends, the 5.7% increase for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Ball between 2024 and 2023 is slightly below the 6.2% change recorded across all local Medicaid service categories for the same period.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported that in fiscal year 2023, combined Medicaid spending at the federal and state level reached about $871.7 billion, making up roughly 18% of the nation’s total health expenditures. That marked an increase from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact.

This rise amounts to about 40% over a few years, largely the result of more people enrolling and increased use of covered services during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget actions under the Trump administration have included wide-ranging proposals to cut federal Medicaid support and alter its structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, sets in motion projected federal Medicaid cuts of over $1 trillion for the next decade and brings in requirements like work eligibility and higher cost-sharing—changes that could reduce available coverage and funding for some groups. These measures are likely to transfer more cost responsibility to states and constrain federal Medicaid growth, though the program continues to serve tens of millions nationwide.

Note: HCPCS codes are presented for context within the category. Category totals and rankings refer to standardized service groups rather than individual billing codes.

This article uses data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The full source data is available here.