Nevada Medicaid disbursed $114,318 for Pathology and Laboratory Services in 2024, according to information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 79.4% gain over 2023, when claims totaled $63,716.
Medicaid, the joint state and federally funded public health insurance program, assists low-income individuals and families, seniors, children and people with disabilities, and is among the largest segments of the U.S. health system. Additional funding details are available from the Commonwealth Fund.
Because taxpayer dollars support Medicaid payments, variation in local billing levels illustrates how health care resources are allocated within the community.
The “Pathology and Laboratory Services” group denotes those Medicaid-billed services defined by care type and is based on standardized HCPCS and CPT code clusters. For this report, each billing code was assigned to a single service category using uniform code prefixes and numbering, making it possible to group related care while maintaining accurate rankings and avoiding double counting.
Some categories cover multiple underlying services. In such instances, those groupings include related care types that providers bill together within Medicaid, like office visits, diagnostic tests, and therapeutic procedures.
During the five years before 2024, Medicaid payments for Pathology and Laboratory Services in Nevada rose by $80,590, or 238.9%. Growth accelerated in certain years, with notable year-over-year increases reported in 2020 and 2021.
Though these payments for Pathology and Laboratory Services were seen throughout the state, the majority went to a small number of ZIP codes. The largest Medicaid outlays in 2024 for this service category were in ZIP Code 89128, with $113,371 (99.2% of the total), ZIP Code 89106 at $845 (0.7%), and ZIP Code 89120 with $45 (0%).
Combined, these three ZIP codes represented 100% of Nevada’s Medicaid payments for Pathology and Laboratory Services during the year.
By comparison, Medicaid payments statewide across all claim categories grew 1.7% from 2023 to 2024.
While Medicaid spending rose in various service groups, Pathology and Laboratory Services ranked among the top 25 categories by total payments for the state in 2024.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, or around 18% of nationwide health spending. This is up from nearly $613.5 billion in 2019, which predated the COVID-19 public health emergency.
This represents a roughly 40% increase over several years, driven chiefly by enrollment growth and increased health care usage during and after the pandemic period.
Recent federal budget laws under the Trump administration have contained proposals for significant Medicaid funding reductions and program restructuring. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid funding over 10 years and impose new requirements like mandated work and greater cost-sharing. These measures could reduce coverage and available resources for some recipients, with an anticipated shift of additional costs to states even as Medicaid continues to cover tens of millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $114,318 | 79.4% |
| 2023 | $63,716 | -27.6% |
| 2022 | $88,064 | 9.8% |
| 2021 | $80,234 | 137.9% |
| 2020 | $33,728 | 153.6% |
| 2019 | $13,298 | 1,057.4% |
| 2018 | $1,149 | N/A |
| ZIP Code | Medicaid Payments | % of State Total |
|---|---|---|
| 89128 | $113,371 | 99.2% |
| 89106 | $845 | 0.7% |
| 89120 | $45 | <0.1% |
| 89123 | $29 | <0.1% |
| 89121 | $23 | <0.1% |
| 89117 | $4 | <0.1% |
Data used in this article is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The underlying data source is available here.