Medicaid spending on Byrdstown radiology procedures climbs 343% in 2024

Byrdstown Medicaid providers billed $3,776 for services in the Radiology Procedures category during 2024, as shown in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This total marks a 342.7% rise from 2023, when $853 was billed for similar services.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program run by states and financed jointly by state and federal governments, provides coverage for low-income families and individuals, seniors, children, and people with disabilities. As a result, the program represents a significant segment of the U.S. health care system.

Because Medicaid payments derive from taxpayer funds, shifts in local billing reflect how communities allocate public health care dollars.

The “Radiology Procedures” category describes a selection of Medicaid-billed services organized by care type, identified using standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. Each billing code in this analysis was mapped to a single service category via consistent code prefixes and numerical ranges. This process prevented duplicate counts and maintained service rankings over time.

While multiple service categories recorded higher Medicaid spending, Radiology Procedures was fifth by total Medicaid payments in Byrdstown for 2024.

Statewide, Tennessee placed the Radiology Procedures category ninth among Medicaid payment categories for the year.

Over the five years ending in 2024, Byrdstown Medicaid payments tied to Radiology Procedures increased $2,834, equal to 300.8%. Spending grew especially sharply at times, with spike years in 2022 and 2021 providing notable year-over-year gains.

In Byrdstown, Radiology Procedures payments were distributed throughout the city, but most were concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, the 38549 ZIP code reported the full $3,776 tied to Radiology Procedures, representing 100% of Medicaid payments for this category in Byrdstown that year.

Within the Radiology Procedures category, the majority of Medicaid dollars were associated with a restricted group of billing codes.

To compare, Byrdstown’s Medicaid payments connected to Radiology Procedures increased 342.7% from 2023 to 2024, versus a 35.4% change across all Medicaid claim categories in the city during that period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid outlays were about $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023, making up roughly 18% of total national health spending—an increase from $613.5 billion in 2019, the year preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.

This jump is roughly a 40% increase within just a few years, largely arising from expanded enrollments and higher service use during and after the pandemic.

Recent budget laws passed under the Trump administration feature major proposals to cut federal Medicaid funding and restructure the program. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is set to reduce federal Medicaid outlays by over $1 trillion in the coming decade and sets forth work requirements and new cost-sharing, potentially cutting coverage and reducing funding for some groups. These shifts are expected to transfer more cost responsibility to states and slow federal Medicaid spending growth, though tens of millions of Americans will continue to rely on 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.