Crestview Medicaid spending for durable medical equipment hits $121,068 in 2024

Crestview Medicaid providers billed a total of $121,068 for Durable Medical Equipment services in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This figure represents a 19% rise from 2023, when claims in this category totaled $101,751.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program run by the states with joint federal and state funding, as detailed by the Commonwealth Fund. The program provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities and ranks among the largest components of the U.S. health care system.

Because Medicaid funding is taxpayer-supported, shifts in local billing reflect how community public health resources are distributed.

The “Durable Medical Equipment” group refers to a range of Medicaid services categorized by care type, as defined through standard HCPCS and CPT code groupings. In this report, each billing code is assigned exclusively to one service group using defined code prefixes and numeric ranges. This method ensures services are analyzed together while maintaining precise rankings and avoiding duplicate counting over time.

Although several Medicaid service categories saw payment increases, Durable Medical Equipment stood as the fourth-largest by total Medicaid payments in Crestview for 2024.

Statewide, the Durable Medical Equipment category was ninth in total Medicaid payments in Florida for 2024.

During the five years up to 2024, Medicaid payments for the Durable Medical Equipment category in Crestview rose by $12,058, or 9.1%. Periods of faster spending growth emerged, with notable annual gains in both 2020 and 2023.

While Durable Medical Equipment expenditures reached recipients throughout Crestview, the payments were predominantly reported within a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, the highest payments were linked to ZIP code 32539, totaling $121,068. This accounted for 100% of local Medicaid payments in this category during that year.

Within the Durable Medical Equipment group, Medicaid payments also concentrated among a select group of individual billing codes.

To compare, Medicaid payments for Durable Medical Equipment in Crestview grew 19% from 2023 to 2024, whereas overall Medicaid claims in the city increased by 38.7% across all categories during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, joint federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, representing around 18% of total national health care spending. That marks a significant increase from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This surge reflects nearly 40% growth over a few years, driven primarily by expanding enrollment and increases in care utilization during and after the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget measures enacted during the Trump administration included sizable proposals to cut federal Medicaid funding and restructure the program. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over the next decade. It also introduces provisions like work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which may reduce funding and coverage for some beneficiaries. Such changes are projected to shift greater costs to states and slow federal Medicaid growth while the program continues to serve 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.