Crofton saw $309 in Medicaid spending for radiology procedures in 2024

In 2024, Crofton Medicaid providers billed $309 for services in the Radiology Procedures category, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 29.8% increase from 2023, when the total for these procedures was $238.

Medicaid is a state-administered program financed jointly by the federal and state governments. The program provides coverage to low-income people, older adults, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care system.

As Medicaid payments are sourced from public tax dollars, fluctuations in local billing help illustrate how health care funds are used within communities.

The “Radiology Procedures” category includes Medicaid-billed services grouped by care type, using standardized HCPCS and CPT code sets. Each billing code in this review was matched to a single service category with consistent numeric groupings. This approach kept related services together for analysis, ensuring accurate rankings and eliminating duplicate counts over time.

While Medicaid spending went up in numerous categories, Radiology Procedures ranked third in Crofton for 2024 in terms of total Medicaid spending.

Across Kentucky, Radiology Procedures was the sixth highest Medicaid spending category by total payments in 2024.

Looking over the five-year period up to 2024, payments for Radiology Procedures in Crofton rose by $309, staying flat at 0%. There were, however, periods of quicker spending growth, and significant annual increases took place in 2023 and 2022.

Spending on Radiology Procedures in Crofton was distributed within the city but heavily centered in certain ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 42217 accounted for $308, or nearly all of the Medicaid payments for these procedures, representing 99.9% of the city’s spending tied to Radiology Procedures for the year.

Within this category, Medicaid spending was also concentrated among a small number of billing codes.

Comparatively, from 2023 to 2024, Crofton saw Medicaid spending for Radiology Procedures jump 29.8%, while spending across all Medicaid claims in the city increased by 4.1% during that period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, joint federal and state spending on Medicaid reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. This amounted to roughly 18% of overall national health spending, up significantly from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This reflects growth of around 40% in a few years, largely attributed to higher enrollment and increased use during and after the pandemic.

Major federal budget measures enacted during the Trump administration have brought forward large-scale plans to limit federal Medicaid funding and change the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion in the decade ahead. It also implements new requirements such as work provisions and more cost-sharing, which could curtail coverage and funding for certain groups. These measures are projected to put more costs on states and restrict the rate of federal Medicaid spending growth, even as the program continues serving millions nationwide.

Note: HCPCS codes are provided as context within the category. This article’s category totals and rankings are based on standardized groupings and not individual billing codes.

Information in this article is sourced from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The source data is available here.