Malta Medicaid payments for National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies reach $235,369 in 2024

Medicaid providers in Malta billed $235,369 for services under the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies in 2024, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented an 11.8% increase from $210,549 billed in 2023 for the same service type.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program administered by states and funded by both federal and state governments. It serves low-income families and individuals, older adults, children, and people with disabilities, making it a significant component of the U.S. health care landscape.

Since Medicaid payments are taxpayer funded, trends in billing indicate how local communities allocate public health care resources.

The “National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies” group includes Medicaid-billed services defined by standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings by type of care. For this report, each billing code was matched to a single service category using standardized code prefixes and number ranges, letting related services be grouped and trends be analyzed without double counting, ensuring accurate annual rankings.

While Medicaid spending increased across multiple service areas, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies was the top Medicaid payment category in Malta for 2024.

In Montana statewide, the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category placed second in total Medicaid payments for 2024.

During the five years ending in 2024, Medicaid payments for the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category in Malta increased by $3,374, or 1.4%. Specific years, such as 2020 and 2022, saw especially notable year-over-year growth.

Spending in the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category, while citywide, was most concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 59538 accounted for $235,368 in Medicaid payments under this category, making up 100% of related Medicaid payments in Malta during that year.

Medicaid payments within the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category were focused on a small subset of individual billing codes.

Medicaid payments for the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category in Malta increased 11.8% from 2023 to 2024, compared with an 11.1% change across all Medicaid claim types in the city over the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid expenditures reached approximately $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of U.S. total health care spending, a substantial jump from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The data reflects growth of about 40% over several years, primarily due to increased enrollment and higher use of services during and following the pandemic.

Federal budget measures enacted under the Trump administration brought forward major plans to cut federal Medicaid funding and alter the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,”, enacted in 2025, is expected to trim federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion through the next decade and implement policies such as work requirements and heightened cost-sharing, changes that could reduce both funding and coverage for some users. These adjustments are projected to shift additional program costs to states and slow federal Medicaid growth, even as the program remains vital for tens of millions of Americans.

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.