Bunkie Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) reach $1.39 million in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Bunkie submitted $1,393,184 in claims for services classified under Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare), based on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount was 23.8% higher than the $1,125,769 billed for such services in 2023.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program operated at the state level and jointly funded by federal and state governments, provides coverage to low-income groups, older adults, children, and those with disabilities. This makes it a cornerstone of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid is publicly funded, shifts in local billing levels indicate how community health care resources are distributed.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” grouping includes a range of Medicaid-billed services identified according to care type and standardized with HCPCS and CPT code categories. For this analysis, each code was assigned to a single service class by applying the same code prefixes and number ranges, which allows for an accurate review of related services and prevents double counting in rankings.

Although various service categories saw increased Medicaid spending, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) ranked second for total Medicaid payments in Bunkie for 2024.

Statewide in Louisiana, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) came in as the top category by total payments in 2024.

From 2019 to 2024, Bunkie’s Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) climbed by $1,217,609, a 693.5% jump. Some years saw faster growth, with notable increases in both 2023 and 2021.

Although this category’s Medicaid spending was distributed citywide, the payments largely originated from a small group of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 71322 accounted for all Medicaid payments—totaling $1,393,184—within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in Bunkie. The single top ZIP code represented 100% of the city’s payments in this category during the year.

Medicaid payments within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category were also focused among a small subset of billing codes.

Between 2024 and 2023, Bunkie saw a 23.8% increase in Medicaid payments for the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, while overall Medicaid categories in the city rose by 7% for the same period.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services figures show federal and state Medicaid spending reached nearly $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, which was about 18% of all national health care expenses—a sharp jump from the $613.5 billion figure reported for 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This increase represents growth of about 40% over several years, largely resulting from expanded enrollment and higher service use linked to the pandemic and its aftermath.

Recent federal budget actions under the Trump administration included provisions to reduce federal Medicaid contributions and restructure the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is projected to decrease federal Medicaid funding by over $1 trillion over the next decade and includes policies like work requirements and greater cost-sharing. These changes may reduce coverage and funding for some beneficiaries, shift more financial responsibility to states, and limit future growth in federal Medicaid assistance, even though the program still serves 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.