West Bridgewater Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) jump to $98,710 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in West Bridgewater billed $98,710 for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. The amount is a 5464.3% rise from 2023, when billings for the same services totaled $1,774.

Medicaid, a public health insurance initiative managed by states and financed jointly by federal and state governments, provides coverage for low-income people, seniors, children and individuals with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care system.

As Medicaid utilizes taxpayer funding, trends in local spending reflect changes in how health care dollars are allocated within communities.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” category includes groupings of Medicaid-billed services determined by care type and organized using standardized HCPCS and CPT code prefixes and ranges. Each billing code was mapped to a single service group for this analysis to avoid duplications and maintain consistent rankings over time.

While there were increases in Medicaid spending across several categories, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) represented the third-highest total for Medicaid payments in West Bridgewater in 2024.

Statewide, this category was second by total Medicaid disbursements in Massachusetts in 2024.

Over the five-year span leading up to 2024, Medicaid payments under the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) designation in West Bridgewater rose by $135,366, or 57.8%. Growth accelerated during certain periods, with substantial annual increases noted in 2021 and 2020.

Although these payments were distributed citywide, disbursements were concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 02379 recorded $98,710 in Medicaid payments for this category, comprising 100% of the local total for the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in West Bridgewater.

Within the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, the majority of Medicaid payment volume was tied to a small set of individual billing codes.

For additional context, Medicaid outlays for these services in West Bridgewater climbed by 5464.3% between 2024 and 2023, whereas citywide Medicaid claims across all categories posted a 21.4% change during this time frame.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures were about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023. This was approximately 18% of total national health spending and sharply up from about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This change marks about 40% growth over only a few years, with expanded enrollment and increased utilization contributing during the pandemic and afterwards.

Recent federal budget laws under the Trump administration introduced significant Medicare funding reduction proposals and structural changes to the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending over 10 years and brings in policies including work requirements and larger cost-sharing, which may reduce funding and access for some recipients. These policies are expected to shift further costs onto states and constrain future growth in federal Medicaid support, while the program continues to cover 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.

This report is based on information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Source data is available here.