Lindale Medicaid providers bill $1,381,291 for alcohol, drug abuse treatment in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Lindale billed $1,381,291 for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This total represents a 1.7% rise compared with 2023, when providers submitted $1,358,856 in claims for these services.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program administered by the states with joint federal and state funding, provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities—making it one of the largest elements of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid funding comes from taxpayers, local billing trends demonstrate how public health care resources are distributed in each community.

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category is a Medicaid service group defined by the type of care provided, organized by standardized HCPCS and CPT billing codes. Each code for this review was placed in a single service group using uniform code prefixes and number ranges. This ensured related services could be assessed together while avoiding double counting or misranking over time.

In Lindale, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment topped all Medicaid service categories for total payments in 2024, amid increases across several categories.

Statewide, in Texas, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment ranked fourth in total Medicaid payments for 2024.

From 2020 through 2024, Medicaid payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services in Lindale climbed by $1,381,291, or 0%. Spending growth was greater in certain years, with significant annual increases noted in 2023 and 2022.

While payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services were made across Lindale, the largest share was concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 75771 saw the highest Medicaid payment total for these services, at $1,381,290. The top ZIP code accounted for 100% of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Medicaid payments in Lindale that year.

Much of the Medicaid spending in the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category focused on a small subset of individual billing codes.

Between 2024 and 2023, Medicaid payments tied to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services in Lindale increased by 1.7%. By contrast, overall Medicaid payments for all claim categories in the city changed by 8.8% during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total federal and state Medicaid spending reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. That amount equaled roughly 18% of all national health expenditures, up from about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

This nearly 40% increase over a few years was fueled mostly by rising enrollment and greater utilization during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recently enacted federal budget legislation signed under the Trump administration has included major proposals to cut federal Medicaid funding and revamp the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal Medicaid funding by over $1 trillion through the next decade. It introduces elements such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, both of which could lower coverage and funding for some enrollees. These changes are expected to shift more costs onto states and cap federal Medicaid growth, though the program will remain a vital part of health care for 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.