Creedmoor Medicaid spending for alcohol and drug treatment rises to $852,140 in 2024

Creedmoor Medicaid providers billed $852,140 in 2024 for services categorized under Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represents a 43.5% jump from 2023, when claims for the same group totaled $593,697.

Medicaid is a government health insurance program, operated by states and funded jointly by federal and state governments. It covers low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a key component of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid payments come from taxpayer dollars, shifts in local spending illustrate how health funding is distributed within communities.

The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” service group involves treatments billed under specific, standardized HCPCS and CPT code ranges. Each billing code is assigned only one category based on uniform code prefixes and ranges for this analysis, which consolidates relevant services for clearer comparison and avoids repeated counts or skewed rankings over time.

While Medicaid disbursements rose in several categories, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment held the second-highest ranking for Medicaid payments in Creedmoor in 2024.

Statewide, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment service ranked fourth in total Medicaid payments across North Carolina in 2024.

From 2019 through 2024, Creedmoor’s Medicaid payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment increased by $396,743, or 87.1%. Accelerated growth was observed during certain intervals, particularly in 2022 and 2023 with marked year-over-year gains.

Spending in this care category was found across Creedmoor but heavily focused within a small number of ZIP codes. Specifically, 2024 Medicaid payments were concentrated in ZIP code 27522, which accounted for $852,140—or 100%—of payments in this service group citywide.

A small subset of individual billing codes represented most Medicaid payments within Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services.

Comparatively, Creedmoor’s Medicaid spending on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment grew by 43.5% from 2023 to 2024, whereas all Medicaid claim categories only rose by 3.9% over the same span.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, nationwide federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023. That made up around 18% of total national health spending and increased sharply from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This jump reflects an increase of roughly 40% within a few years, largely tied to higher enrollment numbers and usage before and after the pandemic.

Federal budget legislation under the Trump administration has featured notable measures to trim federal Medicaid funds and adjust its structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is projected to reduce federal Medicaid outlays by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, adding policies such as work requirements and greater cost-sharing that could impact funding and coverage for some recipients. These measures are expected to place increased financial responsibility on states and curb further expansion of federal Medicaid spending, even as tens of millions of Americans continue to rely on the program.

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.