Buckeye Medicaid providers submitted $2,115,468 in claims for services within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category in 2024, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents an increase of 55.3% from the $1,361,832 billed for similar services during 2023.
Medicaid, which is administered by states and funded with both federal and state dollars, provides health coverage for low-income families and individuals, the elderly, children, and those with disabilities, making it a central component of the national health care system.
As Medicaid payments are sourced from taxpayers, shifts in local billing highlight how health care funding is distributed at the community level.
The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” classification includes Medicaid-billed services grouped by type of care through standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. For this report, each code was assigned to a specific service group, using established code prefixes and number ranges, to group similar services together and maintain accurate rankings over time without double counting.
While Medicaid expenditures increased in several service categories, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment represented the third-largest Medicaid payment category in Buckeye for 2024.
Elsewhere in Arizona, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment ranked fourth among Medicaid payment categories statewide in 2024.
From 2019 to 2024, Medicaid-linked payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services in Buckeye rose by $1,469,153, or 227.3%. This period included several years of rapid growth, with notable year-over-year increases in 2022 and 2020.
Most Medicaid spending within this category was focused in only a few ZIP codes around Buckeye. For 2024, ZIP code 85326 saw payments totaling $1,836,094 and 85396 had $279,373; together, these 2 ZIP codes comprised 100% of all Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Medicaid payments made in Buckeye that year.
Payments within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category were also concentrated in a limited set of billing codes.
By comparison, Medicaid payments tied to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment in Buckeye increased 55.3% between 2024 and 2023, as total Medicaid claim categories citywide saw a 3.7% change during the same span.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid outlays were approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of all national health expenses. This was up sharply from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This jump reflects growth of nearly 40% over several years, largely attributed to increased enrollment and greater utilization both during and following the pandemic.
The Trump administration’s recent federal budget laws included major suggestions to scale back federal Medicaid expenditures and reshape the program. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is anticipated to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over ten years, introducing requirements such as work mandates and higher cost-sharing that may limit eligibility and funding for certain beneficiaries. This legislation is likely to pass added costs to states and cap the expansion of federal support even as tens of millions of Americans remain covered under Medicaid.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $646,314 | 16.2% |
| 2021 | $687,254 | 6.3% |
| 2022 | $1,218,518 | 77.3% |
| 2023 | $1,361,831 | 11.8% |
| 2024 | $2,115,468 | 55.3% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evaluation and Management | $2,846,537 | 29.4% |
| 2 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $2,467,516 | 25.5% |
| 3 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $2,115,468 | 21.9% |
| 4 | Radiology Procedures | $904,643 | 9.3% |
| 5 | Dental Services | $525,959 | 5.4% |
| 6 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $333,831 | 3.4% |
| 7 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $300,093 | 3.1% |
| 8 | Surgery | $77,143 | 0.8% |
| 9 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $53,112 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $52,788 | 0.5% |
| 11 | Coronavirus Diagnostic Panel | $0 | <0.1% |
| 11 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $0 | <0.1% |
| 11 | Procedures / Professional Services | $0 | <0.1% |
| 11 | Temporary Codes | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| H0004 | Alcohol and/or drug services | $606,874 | 29 |
| H2016 | Comp comm supp svc, per diem | $587,209 | 11 |
| H0018 | Alcohol and/or drug services | $358,457 | 4 |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer svc per 15min | $152,823 | 5 |
| H2010 | Comprehensive med svc 15 min | $150,286 | 10 |
| H0031 | Mh health assess by non-md | $76,161 | 20 |
| H2027 | Psychoed svc, per 15 min | $66,837 | 3 |
| H0020 | Alcohol and/or drug services | $40,758 | 13 |
| H2014 | Skills train and dev, 15 min | $37,455 | 3 |
| H0033 | Oral med adm direct observe | $19,300 | 3 |
| H0023 | Alcohol and/or drug outreach | $7,091 | 5 |
| H0025 | Alcohol and/or drug preventi | $6,889 | 3 |
| H2017 | Psysoc rehab svc, per 15 min | $4,871 | 2 |
| H0001 | Alcohol and/or drug assess | $451 | 1 |
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.
