Medicaid COVID-19 claims total $52,652 in Morganton for 2024

In 2024, Medicaid payments for services in Morganton associated with COVID-19 reached at least $52,652, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database.

Medicaid operates as a public health insurance system managed by states with joint funding from federal and state governments. It serves low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid is funded by taxpayers, shifts in local payment amounts indicate how public funds are utilized within a community’s health care system.

For this report, COVID-19–specific services were defined by identifying HCPCS codes tagged as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus” in billing descriptions or reference sources. Services only appear in these figures if they are explicitly labeled as COVID-related in billing information, so care associated with the pandemic but billed differently may not be reflected.

As a comparison, Charlotte saw the highest Medicaid payments for COVID-19 services within North Carolina in 2024, with $2,373,883 in related claims.

Data shows Mountain View Pediatrics Pa was the single provider making Medicaid claims for COVID-19 services in Morganton during 2024.

COVID-19–specific services represented a substantial share of Medicaid spending growth in Morganton during the pandemic years.

Across other service categories, total Medicaid payments increased by $14,849,112 from 2020 to 2024, a growth rate of 57.8%.

Average annual Medicaid payments in Morganton were $25,625,574 during the two years before the pandemic.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that federal and state Medicaid spending combined for approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, making up about 18% of total national health costs. In 2019, before the pandemic, the figure was about $613.5 billion.

This demonstrates a roughly 40% increase in just a few years, fueled by higher enrollment and greater service use during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget laws under the Trump administration have introduced major proposals to reduce federal Medicaid contributions and revise the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid funding by over $1 trillion in the coming decade. It implements new policies like work requirements and higher cost-sharing, potentially lowering coverage and funding for certain beneficiaries. States may need to take on more costs and adjust as federal support is curbed, even as Medicaid continues to serve tens of millions nationwide.

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

This article uses information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Source data can be found here.