England Medicaid Hearing Services payments total $769 in 2024, marking 8.5% increase

England Medicaid providers billed $769 for Hearing Services in 2024, as detailed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represents an 8.5% increase over 2023, when providers filed $709 in claims for services under the same category.

Medicaid is a public health insurance initiative administered by the states with funding shared by the federal and state governments. It offers coverage for low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health system.

Medicaid payments reflect taxpayer contributions, so shifts in local billing reveal how public health funds are distributed within a community.

The “Hearing Services” category collects various Medicaid-billed services by care type, relying on standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For these figures, each billing code fits a single service category based on prefix and number range groupings—enabling related services to be reviewed collectively, without double counting and maintaining accurate rankings year to year.

Hearing Services were the third-highest Medicaid payment category in England for 2024, among several rising spending areas.

On a statewide level, Hearing Services ranked 26th in Arkansas for total Medicaid payments that same year.

Over the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid expenditures tied to Hearing Services in England grew by $60, or 7.3%. Certain periods saw accelerated growth, including notable increases in 2023 and 2022.

Spending related to Hearing Services, though distributed citywide, was heavily concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. For instance, in 2024, ZIP code 72046 saw $769 in Hearing Services Medicaid payments, accounting for 100% of the category’s Medicaid claims for the city that year.

Additionally, a small set of individual billing codes accounted for the bulk of Medicaid’s Hearing Services category payments.

In comparison, England’s Hearing Services Medicaid payments rose by 8.5% from 2023 to 2024, while overall Medicaid claim categories in the city saw a 17.8% change during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached around $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of total U.S. health expenditures. This figure is a considerable increase from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This surge reflects approximately 40% growth in a few years, primarily attributed to broader enrollment and increased use during and after the pandemic.

Federal budget legislation during the Trump administration introduced significant measures to scale back federal Medicaid funding and reshape the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid funding by over $1 trillion in the next decade. The law implements new provisions, such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which may decrease coverage and funding for certain recipients. These policy changes are forecast to shift additional costs onto states and curb federal Medicaid support, even as millions remain enrolled in the program.

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.