Medicaid providers in Crowley reported $62,866 in billed amounts for services in the Dental Services category in 2024, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This represented a 448.6% jump from 2023, when claims for similar services totaled $11,460.
Operated by states with joint federal and state funding, Medicaid covers people with low incomes, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care framework.
As Medicaid is taxpayer funded, shifts in billing volumes locally reflect the allocation of public health funds within communities.
The “Dental Services” category comprises services Medicaid bills according to care type, organized by HCPCS and CPT coding systems. For analysis, billing codes were sorted into unique service groupings based on code prefixes and numeric ranges, grouping similar services without double counting and helping maintain accurate service rankings.
While growth was reported across several service categories, Dental Services placed third for total Medicaid payments in Crowley in 2024.
Statewide in Texas, Dental Services registered as the seventh-largest Medicaid payment category in 2024.
Over the five years up to 2024, Medicaid Dental Services payments in Crowley rose by $62,866, a 0% change. The rate of spending rose more quickly during select periods, with substantial annual increases seen in 2022 and 2023.
Spending within the Dental Services category for 2024 was spread citywide but dominated by a few ZIP codes. Residents in ZIP code 76036 alone accounted for $62,866, representing 100% of the city’s Medicaid payments in this service area for the year.
Medicaid billing for Dental Services also tended to be limited to a handful of individual procedure codes.
Comparatively, Crowley’s 448.6% jump in Medicaid Dental Services payments from 2023 to 2024 surpassed the 48.1% change across all Medicaid claim categories in the city over the same timeframe.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data show national Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, roughly 18% of total U.S. health expenditures, up significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.
This growth amounts to approximately 40% in a few years, mainly linked to expanded program enrollment and greater use since the pandemic began.
Recent federal budget actions during the Trump administration brought large-scale proposals to lower Medicaid funding and reorganize the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal outlays by over $1 trillion in the coming decade. The act introduces work requirements and higher cost-sharing, changes that may shrink both benefits and funding for some enrollees. The reforms are anticipated to place increased financial responsibility on states while potentially slowing the expansion of federal Medicaid resources, though the program continues as a source of health coverage for millions.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $2,266 | – |
| 2022 | $8,812 | 288.9% |
| 2023 | $11,460 | 30% |
| 2024 | $62,866 | 448.6% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $436,646 | 46% |
| 2 | Evaluation and Management | $364,531 | 38.4% |
| 3 | Dental Services | $62,866 | 6.6% |
| 4 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $60,558 | 6.4% |
| 5 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $18,100 | 1.9% |
| 6 | Vision Services | $5,831 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $1,150 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $87 | <0.1% |
| 9 | Surgery | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| D0145 | Oral evaluation, pt < 3yrs | $25,044 | 7 |
| D0230 | Intraoral periapical ea add | $14,153 | 15 |
| D0150 | Comprehensve oral evaluation | $12,136 | 10 |
| D0220 | Intraoral periapical first | $5,845 | 19 |
| D0272 | Dental bitewings two images | $2,143 | 6 |
| D0120 | Periodic oral evaluation | $2,057 | 5 |
| D0274 | Bitewings four images | $920 | 5 |
| D0330 | Panoramic image | $566 | 1 |
| D0601 | Caries risk assess low risk | $0 | 12 |
| D0603 | Caries risk assess high risk | $0 | 10 |
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.
