Allendale Medicaid spending on Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) jumps to $701,216 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Allendale reported $701,216 in billed services under the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category, as shown by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This total represented a 78.9% rise over 2023, when providers filed claims worth $392,064 for this service category.

Medicaid, a state-operated and federally supported public health insurance program, delivers coverage to low-income groups, including individuals, families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities. The program remains a major element of the national health care system. Learn more at the associated resource.

With local Medicaid funding deriving from taxpayer sources, trends in billing amounts help illustrate how health care resources are spent within communities.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” grouping consists of various Medicaid-reimbursed services identified by standardized HCPCS and CPT code classifications. For this report, billing codes were designated to single service categories based on predetermined code prefixes and numeric guidelines, which prevented overlapping counts and supported consistency in ranking through time.

Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) led all service categories in Allendale by total Medicaid spending in 2024, underscoring its financial impact among Medicaid services.

Statewide, this category placed fifth in South Carolina for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

From the five years ending in 2024, Medicaid reimbursements linked to the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category in Allendale climbed by $408,500—a 139.6% increase. The pace of spending growth accelerated during certain periods, especially with year-over-year jumps tracked in 2022 and 2021.

Although funding spanned across the city, Medicaid dollars targeting the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) category centered in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, the 29810 ZIP code accounted for $701,216 in claims, representing 100% of Allendale’s categorized Medicaid payments for that year.

For this group, Medicaid transactions also clustered around a limited selection of specific billing codes.

Looking at spending patterns, payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) jumped by 78.9% in Allendale from 2023 to 2024, versus a 59% rise among all city-wide Medicaid claim categories within the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached roughly $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, accounting for about 18% of national health spending. This represented a notable jump from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This uptick marks about 40% growth in only several years, reflecting mostly expanded Medicaid enrollment and increased service use during and following the pandemic.

Several legislative efforts at the federal level under the Trump administration proposed sizable reductions in federal Medicaid financing and changes to program structures. As an example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is estimated to decrease federal Medicaid funding by more than $1 trillion over the coming 10 years and introduce requirements such as mandatory work conditions and heightened cost-sharing—steps potentially narrowing both coverage and federal support for affected recipients. These policy changes are projected to push larger financial responsibilities to states, constraining federal Medicaid growth, while the program continues delivering coverage to 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.

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.