Casa Grande Medicaid radiology procedure payments rise to $2,249,727 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Casa Grande billed $2,249,727 for Radiology Procedures, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This reflected a 4.7% rise from 2023, when claims for these services totaled $2,148,250.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program jointly funded by federal and state governments, covers low-income people and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities. It is one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system. More information on Medicaid financing is available at the Commonwealth Fund.

Because Medicaid is funded by taxpayers, shifts in billing offer insight into how public health care resources are distributed locally.

The “Radiology Procedures” category is defined by the types of care rendered and is classified using routinely used HCPCS and CPT codes. Each code was grouped by service category using established prefixes and numeric intervals, ensuring related services could be tracked together and that no claims were double-counted. These methods maintain accurate rankings from year to year.

Medicaid spending increased in several service areas; Radiology Procedures was the sixth-largest category in Casa Grande for Medicaid payments in 2024.

Across all of Arizona, Radiology Procedures ranked seventh by payment total in 2024.

Looking at the five years leading up to 2024, Medicaid payments for Radiology Procedures in Casa Grande grew by $171,295, or 8.2%. Periods of accelerated growth included notable increases in 2021 and 2022.

Radiology Procedures payments were distributed throughout the city but were most concentrated in specific ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 85122 accounted for $2,249,726, representing 100% of citywide Medicaid payments for this category that year.

Most Medicaid payments in the Radiology Procedures category went to a small number of individual billing codes.

For reference, Casa Grande saw a 4.7% increase in payments for Radiology Procedures between 2024 and 2023, compared with a 24% increase across all Medicaid claims categories during the same period.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, making up approximately 18% of total national health expenditures. This is a sharp rise from around $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This growth—roughly 40% in a few years—has been driven largely by increased enrollment and higher service use during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have included sizable proposals to reduce federal Medicaid outlays and make structural changes to the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to cut federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over the next decade and introduces measures such as work requirements and greater cost-sharing that could affect coverage and funding for certain enrollees. These adjustments may push more costs onto states and slow federal Medicaid growth, even as tens of millions continue to rely on the program.

Note: HCPCS codes are provided for context within the category. The article bases totals and category rankings on standard service groupings rather than individual billing codes.

Details in this article come from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The original data is available here.