In 2024, providers in Hummelstown billed Medicaid $6,791,078 for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This represented a 1.8% increase from 2023, during which providers filed $6,669,109 in claims for these services.
Medicaid, a public health insurance initiative, is managed by state governments and receives joint funding from federal and state sources. The program offers coverage for low-income people, families, the elderly, children, and persons with disabilities, and stands as a major component of the U.S. health care structure.
Since Medicaid expenditures derive from taxpayers, shifts in local billing give insight into how a community deploys public health care funds.
The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category includes Medicaid-billed services grouped by type of care, according to established HCPCS and CPT coding structures. For analytical purposes, each billing code is assigned a service category based on specific code prefixes and ranges, which helps track related services over time without double counting and ensures ranking consistency.
Medicaid outlays climbed in several service groups, with Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment representing the highest payment total in Hummelstown for 2024.
Across Pennsylvania, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category also ranked at the top in Medicaid payments for 2024.
Looking at the five years before 2024, Medicaid disbursements linked to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment in Hummelstown jumped by $6,019,486, or 780.1%. The pace of growth increased at certain points, with significant year-on-year gains noted in both 2021 and 2022.
Spending under Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment showed activity citywide, but payments mainly clustered within one ZIP code. In 2024, providers in ZIP code 17036 generated the full $6,791,078 total for this care category in Hummelstown, meaning 100% of these Medicaid payments came from a single ZIP code during the year.
Medicaid expenditures for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment were also concentrated within a small set of individual billing codes.
To compare, Medicaid payments tied to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment increased by 1.8% between 2024 and the prior year, whereas all Medicaid claim categories in Hummelstown saw a 1.2% change within the same timeframe.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023—accounting for roughly 18% of national health expenditures—and sharply up from $613.5 billion in 2019, ahead of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The nearly 40% increase over that time resulted primarily from expanded enrollment and greater use of services as a result of the pandemic and its aftermath.
Major federal budget bills approved during the Trump administration have featured sweeping proposals to trim federal Medicaid contributions and alter program structures. As an illustration, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is set to cut federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion through the next decade and introduces policies like work requirements and raised cost-sharing levels, potentially reducing both coverage and funding for select beneficiaries. The result is anticipated to push more responsibility to states and restrain the expansion of federal Medicaid funding—while the program remains vital to millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $771,591 | – |
| 2021 | $2,882,764 | 273.6% |
| 2022 | $5,810,184 | 101.5% |
| 2023 | $6,669,108 | 14.8% |
| 2024 | $6,791,078 | 1.8% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $6,791,078 | 93.1% |
| 2 | Evaluation and Management | $269,755 | 3.7% |
| 3 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $167,424 | 2.3% |
| 4 | Vision Services | $67,913 | 0.9% |
| 5 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $480 | <0.1% |
| 6 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $164 | <0.1% |
| 7 | Procedures / Professional Services | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2036 | A/d tx program, per diem | $6,791,078 | 14 |
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.
