Abbeville sees $108,687 in Medicaid Anesthesia payments in 2024, up 11.7%

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Abbeville submitted $108,687 in claims for services under the Anesthesia category, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represented an 11.7% increase compared to 2023, when $97,325 in claims was filed for Anesthesia services.

Medicaid, a government health insurance program operated by states with joint federal and state funding, serves low-income residents, families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities and is a major part of the nation’s health care system. More information is available at this explainer.

Because taxpayer funding supports Medicaid, local billing data highlight how community public health funds are distributed.

The Anesthesia category includes several Medicaid-covered service types grouped according to standardized HCPCS and CPT code sets. Each billing code matched only one category in this analysis by using unified code prefixes and numerical groupings, ensuring similar services were counted together, avoiding duplication, and maintaining correct ranking over years.

Though Medicaid expenditure increased in several categories, Anesthesia ranked seventh in overall Medicaid payments in Abbeville for 2024.

Statewide, Anesthesia ranked 16th in Louisiana for total Medicaid payments that year.

From five years before 2024 through the year, Medicaid payments related to Anesthesia in Abbeville rose by $97,318, an increase of 856%. Growth quickened at certain points, with significant year-on-year increases especially in 2021 and 2022.

Spending for Anesthesia services, while spread across Abbeville, was notably concentrated in select ZIP codes. In particular, ZIP code 70510 accounted for $108,687 in Medicaid Anesthesia payments, totaling 100% of such reimbursements citywide for 2024.

Medicaid reimbursements for Anesthesia within Abbeville were also heavily focused among a few billing codes.

In Abbeville, Medicaid payments related to Anesthesia increased 11.7% between 2024 and 2023, while overall Medicaid claims for all services in the city rose 19.5% during this time.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined Medicaid spending from federal and state sources totaled roughly $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of total national health expenditures, and up from around $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 public health emergency.

The rise amounts to approximately 40% growth over just a few years, attributed in large part to expanded enrollment and greater demand for health care during and after the pandemic period.

Major federal budget laws passed during the Trump administration included proposals to decrease federal Medicaid funding and adjust program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, introduces legislation projected to trim over $1 trillion from Medicaid budgets federally over the coming decade, including new work requirements and more cost-sharing measures, with possible reductions in coverage and funding for some beneficiaries. These changes are expected to increase the funding share shouldered by states while limiting federal Medicaid growth, even as the program continues to support tens of millions of Americans.

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.