Medicaid spending on Mansfield hearing services climbed 213.2% in 2024

Mansfield’s Medicaid providers billed $23,891 for services in the Hearing Services category in 2024, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This reflects a 213.2% rise over 2023, when claims in this category totaled $7,629.

Medicaid is a state-run, federally and state-funded public health insurance program that covers low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system. Additional background is available from the Commonwealth Fund.

As Medicaid draws on taxpayer funding, fluctuations in local billing reflect how public health care dollars are distributed in different regions.

The Hearing Services category includes a set of Medicaid-billed procedures grouped by specific types of care, using established HCPCS and CPT code groupings. This analysis assigns each billing code to one service category according to established code prefixes and number blocks to keep related services grouped and avoid duplicate entries or skewed rankings over time.

While Medicaid spending grew in several areas, Hearing Services held the 11th position in Mansfield for total Medicaid payments reported in 2024.

Across Texas, Hearing Services was 25th in state rankings by total Medicaid payments for 2024.

From 2019 through 2024, Medicaid payments for Hearing Services in Mansfield went up by $9,485, an increase of 65.8%. There were notable spikes during certain years, with particularly strong growth rates observed in 2022 and 2021.

Though spending for Hearing Services was reported throughout Mansfield, the greatest share was concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 76063 accounted for all $23,891 in Medicaid payments for Hearing Services in the city, making up the entirety of Mansfield’s payments for that category for the year.

Medicaid billings in the Hearing Services area were similarly concentrated within a relatively small number of specific procedural codes.

For additional comparison, the 213.2% rise in Mansfield’s Hearing Services payments from 2023 to 2024 far outpaced the 30.3% rate seen when all Medicaid service categories in the city are considered over that same timespan.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid outlays totaled about $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, roughly 18% of total U.S. health expenditures, and up substantially from $613.5 billion in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This nearly 40% increase over several years was largely driven by higher enrollment and increased service use during and after the COVID-19 pandemic period.

Recent budget legislation under the Trump administration has proposed steep federal funding reductions and Medicaid restructuring. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid funds over the coming decade and to implement policies like work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which could lower access and funding for certain beneficiaries. As a result, states may bear increased costs and face stricter limits on future federal Medicaid support, with the program still serving 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.

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.