Canterbury Medicaid payments for state agency code category hit $1,458,890 in 2024

Canterbury Medicaid providers billed a total of $1,458,890 for services under the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. That figure represents a 5.1% rise from 2023, when claims in the same service category totaled $1,388,664.

Medicaid, which is managed at the state level with both federal and state government funding , covers low-income groups, seniors, children and people with disabilities, positioning it as one of the country’s largest health care programs.

Because public funding supports Medicaid, shifts in local billing help clarify how community health care resources are directed.

The “National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies” category groups Medicaid-billed services by care type, using standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For reporting, each billing code is allocated to a single service group by consistent prefixes and number ranges, which allows simultaneous analysis of related services, prevents double counting and maintains accurate rankings over time.

Even though overall Medicaid spending rose across other categories, National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies placed second by total Medicaid payments in Canterbury for 2024.

Statewide in New Hampshire, this same category ranked first in total Medicaid payments for 2024.

In the five years through 2024, Canterbury’s Medicaid payments in the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category grew by $460,589, or 46.1%. There were periods of faster growth, especially in 2021 and 2022, when year-over-year increases stood out.

Spending for this care category was spread throughout Canterbury but primarily focused in certain ZIP codes. In 2024, the ZIP code 03224 was responsible for $1,458,890 in Medicaid payments in this category, making up 100% of category payments in the city that year.

Most Medicaid spending within the category was attributed to a handful of key billing codes.

Medicaid payments tied to this category in Canterbury rose by 5.1% from 2023 to 2024, while the overall change among all Medicaid claim categories in the city was 3.3% during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, joint state and federal Medicaid spending totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, which was approximately 18% of total national health expenditures. This is a significant jump from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This increase reflects a nearly 40% increase in only a few years, mainly driven by higher enrollment and utilization during and after the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have introduced proposals to restrict federal Medicaid funds and redesign the program. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to result in more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid cuts over 10 years, while policies such as work requirements and greater cost-sharing could affect coverage and state funding responsibilities.

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.