Medicaid spending on Procedures / Professional Services climbs 81.7% in Laughlin for 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Laughlin billed a total of $164,417 for services under the Procedures / Professional Services category, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This was an increase of 81.7% from 2023, when claims for the same service category totaled $90,482.

Medicaid is a state-run public health insurance program funded in partnership by federal and state governments. It serves low-income people and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, and represents one of the largest segments of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid payments come from taxpayers, shifting billing levels at the local level indicate how public health care funds are used in a community.

The “Procedures / Professional Services” category includes a range of Medicaid-billed services as defined by care types, following standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, every billing code was assigned to a single service category via set code prefixes and number ranges. This approach allows related services to be grouped for analysis, avoids double counting, and maintains consistent rankings over time.

While Medicaid payments increased for several service groups, Procedures / Professional Services was the second-largest category in Laughlin by total Medicaid spending in 2024.

Statewide, this category ranked ninth in Nevada for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Between 2020 and 2024, Medicaid payments for Procedures / Professional Services in Laughlin went up by $164,417, or 0%. Certain years saw accelerated growth, with significant gains reported in 2023 and 2022.

Spending for Procedures / Professional Services was spread across Laughlin, but most payments were concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 89029 accounted for $164,416, making up 100% of all Medicaid payments for Procedures / Professional Services in the city that year.

Payments within this category were also focused among a small number of specific billing codes.

For reference, Medicaid payments in Laughlin tied to Procedures / Professional Services increased by 81.7% from 2023 to 2024, while all Medicaid claims categories together saw an 11.1% increase during the same timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, representing roughly 18% of all national health spending. That figure is up notably from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This increase marks about 40% growth over several years, largely due to expanded Medicaid enrollment and higher overall use during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures during the Trump administration have featured major proposals to shrink federal Medicaid funding and alter the structure of the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years. It includes new work requirements and increased cost-sharing, which could reduce funding and coverage for some beneficiaries. These changes may shift more Medicaid costs to individual states and slow the pace of federal spending growth, even as 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.