Vienna Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures climb to $21,487 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Vienna submitted $21,487 in claims for Medicine Services and Procedures, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. That amount reflects an 84.8% jump over 2023, when $11,625 in billing was recorded for the same category.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program operated by states and funded through both federal and state governments. It insures low-income populations, as well as seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a core component of the U.S. health care system.

Because funds for Medicaid originate from taxpayers, trends in local billing reveal how public dollars for health care are being spent within communities.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” category covers a group of services billed to Medicaid, identified by the care provided and organized with standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, service categories were defined using unique code prefixes and ranges, keeping similar services together and maintaining accuracy and rankings over time by preventing double-counting.

While Medicaid spending grew across several care types, Medicine Services and Procedures was the highest Medicaid-paid service category in Vienna for 2024.

Statewide in Georgia, Medicine Services and Procedures ranked as the third-leading Medicaid category by overall payments during 2024.

Over the five years through 2024, Vienna saw Medicaid payments in the Medicine Services and Procedures category rise by $21,487, or 0%. Periods of faster spending growth occurred, as shown by notable annual increases in 2023 and 2022.

Though spending in this category was recorded across Vienna, the majority of Medicaid payments were concentrated among select ZIP codes. In 2024, the highest total within Vienna came from ZIP code 31092, which represented $21,486. These top ZIP codes made up 100% of the city’s Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures that year.

Within Medicine Services and Procedures, a limited number of billing codes accounted for most Medicaid payments.

Comparing years, 2024 saw an 84.8% rise in Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Vienna compared to 2023, matching the overall 84.8% change for all Medicaid claim categories citywide over the same period.

Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows total federal and state Medicaid spending reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, making up roughly 18% of all national health expenditures. That figure rose sharply from $613.5 billion in 2019, the period just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This reflects about 40% overall growth in a few years, primarily due to increased enrollment and service use connected to the pandemic.

Legislation passed under the Trump administration featured several major proposals to cut federal Medicaid financing and revamp the program’s structure. Notably, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which became law in 2025, is expected to trim more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid spending over the next decade. It includes provisions like work requirements and greater cost-sharing, changes projected to restrict access and funding for certain recipients. As a result, states could take on greater costs while federal support is held back, even as Medicaid continues to assist millions of Americans.

Note: HCPCS codes are provided to contextualize the category. In this article, rankings and totals rely on standardized groupings, not individual billing codes.

Information for this article is drawn from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Source data is available here.