Colorado Medicaid outlays hit $47,814,909 for Enteral and Parenteral Therapy services in 2024

Statewide Medicaid disbursements in Colorado totaled $47,814,909 for Enteral and Parenteral Therapy services in 2024, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented an increase of 2.5% from 2023, when providers filed $46,670,552 in claims.

Medicaid, the public health insurance program funded collectively by state and federal governments, provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, seniors, children and people with disabilities. As such, it remains one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system.

Because taxpayer funding supports Medicaid, shifts in local billing levels reflect how public health care resources are distributed within communities.

The “Enteral and Parenteral Therapy” category encompasses a group of Medicaid-billed treatments identified by type of care, based on standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, each billing code was assigned exclusively to one service category using uniform code prefixes and numeric ranges, supporting consistent analysis and ensuring accurate rankings over time.

Where applicable, these categories may span a range of individual services. When this occurs, the designation unites related types of care typically billed together for Medicaid, such as diagnostic tests, office visits and therapeutic procedures.

From 2019 through 2024, Medicaid expenditures in Colorado for Enteral and Parenteral Therapy services climbed by $6,149,851, or 14.8%. The pace of spending growth was faster in certain periods, notably during 2020 and 2023.

Expenditures for Enteral and Parenteral Therapy services were distributed throughout Colorado, but remained concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP Code 80239 accounted for $23,122,813 (48.4% of the total), ZIP Code 80538 made up $5,713,453 (11.9%), and ZIP Code 80011 had $3,372,636 (7.1%).

Together, these top 3 ZIP codes represented 67.4% of statewide Medicaid spending in this services category in 2024.

For reference, total Medicaid spending across all categories in Colorado went up by 2.7% between 2023 and 2024.

The Enteral and Parenteral Therapy category ranked within Colorado’s 10 largest Medicaid service categories by total disbursements in 2024, amid widespread increases across several types of care.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal spending on Medicaid reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, making up about 18% of total national health expenditures—a significant jump from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This equates to around a 40% increase over a few years, with expansion fueled mainly by higher enrollment numbers and increased utilization during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures during the Trump administration introduced substantial proposals to scale back federal Medicaid contributions and restructure the system. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid funding in the coming decade. The law imposes new work requirements and higher cost-sharing rules projected to decrease coverage and funds for some individuals, while shifting more of the financial responsibility to states and slowing federal Medicaid support even as the program continues to serve millions of Americans.