Searcy providers billed $402,352 to Medicaid for services in the Orthotic Procedures and services category in 2024, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This represents a 2.7% increase from 2023, when $391,845 was reported for the same services.
Medicaid is a government-run health insurance program managed by the states and funded with both federal and state government contributions. It assists low-income residents, seniors, children and people with disabilities, making it one of the nation’s largest health coverage programs.
Since the program relies on taxpayer funds, shifts in Medicaid billing report how health care funds are distributed locally.
The “Orthotic Procedures and services” group represents a classification of Medicaid services tied to the kind of care provided, informed by standardized HCPCS and CPT code groups. Each code used for this analysis belonged to only one services category, utilizing consistent prefixes and numeric intervals, ensuring comparability and precise ranking without duplication.
Among Medicaid service categories, Orthotic Procedures and services held the eighth spot in total Medicaid payments for Searcy in 2024 as overall spending rose in multiple categories.
Statewide, Orthotic Procedures and services ranked 15th in Arkansas for Medicaid payments in 2024.
Looking at the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid spending on Orthotic Procedures and services in Searcy grew by $15,813, a rise of 4.1%. Spending grew faster in certain periods, with significant year-over-year increases in 2021 and 2022.
While these payments were made throughout Searcy, much of the spending was concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 72143 accounted for $402,351 in such payments; the top single ZIP code made up 100% of all Medicaid spending in this category for the city that year.
Payments for Orthotic Procedures and services were focused on a relatively small group of specific billing codes.
Between 2024 and 2023, Searcy experienced a 2.7% increase in Medicaid payments to this category, compared with a 17% change across all Medicaid service lines within the city in the same time frame.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that combined Medicaid outlays from federal and state sources reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. This was about 18% of U.S. health expenditures—up from nearly $613.5 billion in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This nearly 40% surge was driven primarily by broader Medicaid enrollment and higher utilization both during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal budget initiatives during the Trump administration have proposed major reduction in federal Medicaid contributions along with restructuring. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is forecast to shrink federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over a decade, introducing requirements and cost-sharing measures that may lead to reduced benefits and funding for certain individuals. The changes are expected to increase the financial burden on individual states and could limit future federal support, even as the program covers tens of millions of citizens.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $386,538 | -38.8% |
| 2021 | $478,777 | 23.9% |
| 2022 | $469,847 | -1.9% |
| 2023 | $391,845 | -16.6% |
| 2024 | $402,351 | 2.7% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $8,497,165 | 42.1% |
| 2 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $3,947,173 | 19.5% |
| 3 | Evaluation and Management | $3,014,196 | 14.9% |
| 4 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $1,312,353 | 6.5% |
| 5 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $920,473 | 4.6% |
| 6 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $895,609 | 4.4% |
| 7 | Radiology Procedures | $439,955 | 2.2% |
| 8 | Orthotic Procedures and services | $402,351 | 2% |
| 9 | Dental Services | $264,997 | 1.3% |
| 10 | Durable Medical Equipment | $147,268 | 0.7% |
| 11 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $115,326 | 0.6% |
| 12 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $81,378 | 0.4% |
| 13 | Surgery | $61,634 | 0.3% |
| 14 | Procedures / Professional Services | $52,162 | 0.3% |
| 15 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $40,821 | 0.2% |
| 16 | Temporary Codes | $7,791 | <0.1% |
| 17 | Coronavirus Diagnostic Panel | $1,642 | <0.1% |
| 18 | Administrative, Miscellaneous and Investigational | $1,408 | <0.1% |
| 19 | Hearing Services | $576 | <0.1% |
| 20 | Durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) | $538 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| L3060 | Foot arch supp longitud/meta | $119,016 | 12 |
| L3206 | Hightop w/ supp/pronator chi | $85,098 | 12 |
| L0650 | Lso sc r ant/pos pnl pre ots | $65,050 | 8 |
| L3202 | Oxford w/ supinat/pronator c | $36,311 | 18 |
| L2280 | Molded inner boot | $35,242 | 4 |
| L2275 | Plastic mod low ext pad/line | $33,578 | 11 |
| L1907 | Afo supramalleolar custom | $12,902 | 1 |
| L1930 | Afo plastic | $5,716 | 1 |
| L2820 | Soft interface below knee se | $5,451 | 3 |
| L2840 | Tibial length sock fx or equ | $3,982 | 3 |
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.