Parowan sees 33% rise in Medicaid spending for Medicine Services and Procedures, reaching $66,410 in 2024

In Parowan, Medicaid providers billed $66,410 for services in the Medicine Services and Procedures category during 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Compared to 2023, when $49,937 was billed for the category, this represented a 33% rise.

Operating as a joint federal and state public health insurance initiative, Medicaid provides coverage for low-income residents, families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a significant part of the U.S. health system. More details about its funding can be found at the Commonwealth Fund.

Because Medicaid spending draws on taxpayer dollars, fluctuations in local billing reflect how public healthcare resources are distributed within a community.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” category encompasses a range of Medicaid-billed services organized by service type, based on standardized HCPCS and CPT coding systems. To ensure consistency, codes were assigned to one unified service category using designated prefixes and numeric ranges for this analysis, enabling grouped assessment while maintaining accurate trending.

Medicaid spending grew across several service categories, with Medicine Services and Procedures ranking as the largest category by total Medicaid payments in Parowan in 2024.

Statewide, Medicine Services and Procedures also represented the highest Medicaid payment category in Utah for 2024.

Over the five-year period through 2024, local Medicaid payments tied to the Medicine Services and Procedures grouping in Parowan climbed by $60,298, or 986.5%. The most substantial gains occurred during certain years, particularly in 2021 and 2023.

In Parowan, while payments were distributed citywide, Medicaid spending for Medicine Services and Procedures was mostly focused in a small number of ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 84761 captured all $66,410 billed in Parowan, with the single ZIP code comprising 100% of Medicaid payments in this category during the year.

Within the category, most Medicaid payments were attributed to a select few individual billing codes.

Looking more broadly, Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Parowan increased by 33% between 2024 and 2023. In comparison, total Medicaid claim payments across all categories in Parowan grew by 44.5% over that period.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimates total federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached approximately $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023, accounting for about 18% of all national health spending, a sharp rise from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This surge represents an approximately 40% increase within several years, largely propelled by higher enrollment and rising utilization during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures during the Trump administration incorporated substantial proposals aimed at reducing federal Medicaid funding and altering program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid outlays over the next 10 years, and brings in work requirements along with heightened cost-sharing. Such changes could lower available coverage and funding for some recipients, with increased costs expected to shift to states even as the program maintains coverage for tens of millions nationally.

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.