Quartz Hill sees 19.4% uptick in 2024 Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures

In Quartz Hill, Medicaid providers submitted $62,968 in bills for services under the Medicine Services and Procedures category in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 19.4% rise from 2023, when providers filed $52,745 in claims for the same group of services.

Medicaid, a state-administered program supported by both federal and state funding, serves low-income groups, older adults, children and people with disabilities, making it one of the core elements of the U.S. health care system.

Local fluctuations in Medicaid billing reflect how taxpayer money is allocated to support public health care in the area.

The “Medicine Services and Procedures” group includes services billed to Medicaid that are identified by type of care, as categorized by standard HCPCS and CPT code ranges. For this analysis, each code was matched to a single service category using established prefixes and number ranges to capture comprehensive trends while avoiding duplicate counts and ensuring reliable comparison year to year.

Even though Medicaid spending increased across a range of service groupings, Medicine Services and Procedures had the highest total Medicaid payments in Quartz Hill for 2024.

On a statewide level, the Medicine Services and Procedures category ranked third in California for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

From 2019 to 2024, Medicaid payments related to the Medicine Services and Procedures category in Quartz Hill rose by $21,594, or 52.2%. Increased spending was most evident in certain years, particularly in 2023 and 2021.

Spending for Medicine Services and Procedures was spread throughout the city, but in 2024, the majority was isolated within a few ZIP codes. In fact, ZIP code 93536 accounted for all $62,968 in Medicaid payments tied to this category that year—comprising 100% of Quartz Hill’s Medicaid payments for these services.

Within this category, a small number of specific billing codes accounted for most Medicaid payments.

For context, the city’s Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures were up 19.4% between 2024 and 2023, compared to a 10.3% overall increase across all Medicaid claim categories locally in the same timeframe.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported that combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up roughly 18% of national health spending—an increase from around $613.5 billion in 2019, ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This growth amounts to approximately 40% over just a few years, largely due to expanded patient enrollment and higher usage stemming from and following the pandemic era.

Recent federal budget laws passed during the Trump administration feature major initiatives designed to trim federal Medicaid contributions and alter the structure of the program. Notably, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid outlays by more than $1 trillion over the next decade. This legislation also introduces requirements like mandatory work provisions and higher cost-sharing that may restrict access for certain participants. These measures are likely to place more responsibility on states for paying Medicaid costs, affecting growth in federal support while the program continues to serve 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.