Berwyn tallies minimum $9,798 in Medicaid reimbursements for COVID-19 care in 2024

At least $9,798 in Medicaid funds were paid out in Berwyn in 2024 for services billed under HCPCS codes specifically linked to COVID-19, based on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database.

Medicaid, a state-administered program with both federal and state funding, covers eligible low-income adults and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities. This makes it one of the main pillars of the U.S. health system. See more details at the Commonwealth Fund Explainer.

Because taxpayer dollars support Medicaid, fluctuations in local billing reflect how public health care resources are dispersed in the community.

The analysis identified COVID-19–related Medicaid services through HCPCS codes classified as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus” in billing lists or code references. This means values shown include only those claims directly marked as related to COVID-19, not broader services indirectly impacted by the pandemic or classified under different codes.

For perspective, Chicago reported Illinois’s highest amount of Medicaid outlays for COVID-19 care during 2024, reaching $5,867,303 in such claims.

The average Medicaid payment per provider for COVID-19–designated care in Berwyn was $4,899, which is significantly below the statewide mean of $168,110.

In the pandemic years, Berwyn saw COVID-19–coded services contribute a measurable component to Medicaid spending growth.

Across all non-COVID Medicaid claim types, payments rose by $4,194,963 from 2020 to 2024, marking a 68.9% increase.

Between the two years before the pandemic, Berwyn averaged $3,768,825 annually in Medicaid payments.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data show combined federal and state Medicaid spending was around $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023, about 18% of national health expenditures, rising from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the pandemic’s onset.

This nearly 40% jump over a span of several years largely comes from expanded program enrollment and increased usage related to and following the pandemic years.

Federal budget changes in recent years have included major efforts to reduce Medicaid funding and restructure how the program operates. Among these, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, aims to reduce federal Medicaid funding by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years, bringing changes such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing for some groups. Expected impacts include greater cost burdens for states and potential limits to federal Medicaid growth, although the program will still cover tens of millions nationwide.

Note: Includes HCPCS codes explicitly labeled for COVID-19 services; totals do not represent all pandemic-related health care spending.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database is the information source for this report. Access the original dataset here.