Deerfield Medicaid payments for diagnostic radiology surge to $1,698 in 2024

Deerfield Medicaid providers submitted $1,698 in claims for Diagnostic Radiology Services in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. That figure marks a 382.4% jump from 2023, when claims amounted to $352 in the same category.

Medicaid is a government health insurance program administered by state governments and financed with state and federal funds. It provides coverage for low-income individuals, families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, and is one of the largest components of the U.S. health care landscape.

Because taxpayer dollars fund Medicaid, local changes in billing show how community resources for public health care are used.

The “Diagnostic Radiology Services” group encompasses Medicaid-billed services categorized by care type, utilizing consistent HCPCS and CPT code ranges. This analysis grouped each billing code into a specific service category based on code prefixes and numeric sequences to evaluate related services together, avoid double counting, and accurately rank changes over time.

While Medicaid expenditures increased in several categories, Diagnostic Radiology Services recorded the highest total payments in Deerfield for 2024.

For all of New York, Diagnostic Radiology Services ranked 26th in overall Medicaid payments that year.

During the five years before 2024, Deerfield Medicaid payments for Diagnostic Radiology Services increased by $1,698, or 0%. Certain periods saw faster growth, with notable increases in both 2023 and 2022.

Spending for care in this category was distributed across the city, but most Medicaid payments were concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 13502 generated $1,697 for Diagnostic Radiology Services, representing 100% of such Medicaid payments in Deerfield that year.

Payments were also heavily focused among a few specific billing codes within the Diagnostic Radiology Services category.

Comparing categories, Medicaid payments in Deerfield for Diagnostic Radiology Services jumped 382.4% between 2024 and 2023, while the overall change for all Medicaid claim types in the city over that period was 186.1%.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data show combined state and federal Medicaid expenditures reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023—about 18% of total national health spending—up sharply from around $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This increase amounts to almost 40% in just a few years, with enrollment expansion and higher usage during and following the pandemic contributing to the growth.

Recent federal budget actions during the Trump administration have included major proposals to pare federal Medicaid funds and change the program’s structure. One example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which became law in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending in the next decade, instituting measures such as work mandates and greater cost-sharing that could reduce coverage and federal funding for some recipients. As a result, states may assume a higher share of costs and experience slower federal Medicaid funding growth, even as the program remains a crucial safety net for millions.

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.