Medicaid dental service expenditures total $132,767 in West Nyack, New York for 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in West Nyack billed $132,767 for services within the Dental Services category, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 9.3% growth over the previous year, when providers filed $121,482 in claims for these services.

Medicaid is a statewide health insurance program that operates using funding provided jointly by federal and state governments. The program serves low-income residents, elderly adults, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it one of the central components of the U.S. health care system.

Because tax dollars support Medicaid payments, fluctuations in local billing provide insight into how public health care funding is spent in specific communities.

The “Dental Services” category includes a series of Medicaid-billed procedures classified by care type, following standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For analytical purposes, each billing code was assigned to just one service category, using fixed code prefixes and number ranges to group related procedures while preventing code duplication and supporting consistent year-over-year comparison.

Medicaid spending increased in various service areas, with Dental Services ranking as the third highest category by total Medicaid payments in West Nyack for 2024.

Statewide in New York, Dental Services held the 11th spot in total Medicaid payments for 2024.

From five years prior to 2024, Medicaid expenditures associated with the Dental Services category in West Nyack rose by $108,363, representing a 444% increase. Expenditure growth intensified at certain points, with significant yearly increases in 2021 and 2022.

Although spending on Dental Services encompassed the entire city, the majority of these Medicaid payments were concentrated within select ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 10994 on its own accounted for $132,766 in Medicaid dental service payments. The leading single ZIP code made up 100% of all local Medicaid Dental Services payments that year.

Within the Dental Services group, Medicaid disbursements were primarily linked to a small set of individual billing codes.

For further context, Medicaid-supported Dental Services spending in West Nyack saw a 9.3% rise between 2024 and 2023, while all Medicaid claim categories combined posted a 19.4% gain in the city over the same time period.

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

This increase represents around 40% growth over several years, mainly attributed to expanded program enrollment and higher usage during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration included proposals to decrease federal Medicaid funding and alter the program structure. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to cut federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years and implement measures like work requirements and higher cost-sharing that may impact coverage and payments for some Medicaid recipients. These policy shifts are anticipated to redistribute financial responsibility to the states and restrict the growth of federal Medicaid funds even as tens of millions continue to depend 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.