Denison Medicaid providers billed $295,626 for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services in 2024

Denison Medicaid providers billed $295,626 in 2024 for services categorized under Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare), data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This was an 81.3% increase over 2023, when claims for the same service category accounted for $163,091.

Medicaid is a state-run public health insurance program financed jointly through state and federal governments. It provides coverage to low-income groups, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, playing a significant role in the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid funding comes from taxpayers, local billing trends provide insight into how public health care resources are distributed in a region.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” service category covers a set of Medicaid-billed care types, structured according to standardized HCPCS and CPT code groups. For this review, each billing code was mapped to a single service type using uniform code prefixes and number ranges, ensuring grouped analysis of related services, avoiding duplication, and preserving accurate year-to-year rankings.

Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) was the third-highest Medicaid payment category in Denison for 2024, despite overall Medicaid spending rising across a range of categories.

Statewide, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) topped all Medicaid payment categories in Texas for 2024.

From 2019 to 2024, Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Denison grew by $252,441, or 584.6%. The rate of growth was particularly notable in 2021 and 2022, which saw significant increases from year to year.

Although these payments were spread throughout Denison, the majority were concentrated within a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 75020 received $295,625 in Medicaid payments associated with the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category. This single ZIP code accounted for 100% of the category’s Medicaid payments in Denison that year.

Within the category, a select group of billing codes drew most of the Medicaid payments.

By comparison, the 81.3% increase for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Denison from 2023 to 2024 surpassed the 48.5% overall growth rate for all Medicaid claim categories citywide during the same timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up approximately 18% of U.S. national health spending. This was a major jump from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The increase reflects roughly 40% growth in only a few years, largely attributed to more enrollees and higher service usage during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget acts under the Trump administration have proposed significant reductions to federal Medicaid funding and proposed program structural changes. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to trim more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid spending over the next decade, establishing work requirements and increasing cost-sharing that could potentially affect coverage for certain enrollees. These changes would likely shift greater financial responsibility to states and constrain federal Medicaid expansion even as the program remains vital for millions of Americans.

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.