Radford Medicaid spending for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) climbs to $4.1 million in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Radford billed $4,103,384 for services within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. That represents an 861% jump from 2023, when such claims totaled $427,000.

Medicaid, a public health insurance initiative overseen by state governments and funded in partnership with federal resources, covers eligible low-income individuals, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it one of the largest programs in the U.S. health system.

Since Medicaid dollars are sourced from taxpayers, changes in billing volumes locally illustrate how public health funding is distributed within the community.

The Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group comprises services identified by specific standardized HCPCS and CPT code prefixes and numeric ranges. For this analysis, each code is classified into a single category, ensuring that similar services are grouped together without double counting and that historical rankings remain accurate.

Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) accounted for the highest total Medicaid spending among all service categories in Radford in 2024, outpacing other types of Medicaid claims.

Statewide in Virginia, this category ranked fifth in total Medicaid payments for 2024.

During the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid spending for the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group in Radford increased by $4,103,384, or 0%. Certain years saw more rapid growth, particularly in 2023 and 2022, when significant year-over-year increases occurred.

While Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services were distributed across Radford, most were concentrated within a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 24141 was responsible for $4,103,384 in claims, representing 100% of citywide Medicaid spending on this service group for the year.

A handful of billing codes accounted for much of the claims volume and spending in the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group.

Between 2024 and 2023, Radford’s Medicaid claims for this category rose 861%. In comparison, total Medicaid spending for all claim categories in the city rose 177.7% over the same period.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached about $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023, making up around 18% of national health expenditures. This is up from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the pandemic.

That increase amounts to roughly 40% more spending in just a few years, primarily due to greater enrollment and increased utilization during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures passed under the Trump administration included significant efforts to scale back federal Medicaid funding and restructure the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid spending over the coming decade. It also brings new policies such as work requirements and greater cost-sharing, which could reduce benefits and shift more costs to states as the federal share of support slows, even as Medicaid continues serving millions.

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.