Oroville saw $123,840 in Medicaid spending for COVID-19 services in 2024

At least $123,840 in Medicaid payments in Oroville in 2024 were billed under HCPCS codes linked to COVID-19 care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program, operates at the state level with funding provided jointly by federal and state governments. It serves low-income groups, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a central component of the nation’s health care system.

As Medicaid relies on taxpayer funding, changes in local billing reflect how health care dollars are distributed throughout a region.

This review identified COVID-19–related services through HCPCS codes listed or classified as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus”-related by billing or reference documentation. The figures shown include only services directly labeled as COVID-related in billing claims and do not account for other pandemic-related care processed under broader codes.

For perspective, San Jose reported the highest Medicaid spending in California for COVID-19–related services in 2024, reaching $5,601,479.

In 2024, two providers in Oroville billed Medicaid for COVID-19–related services. The COVID Specific code represented $107,456 of the total claims.

The average COVID-19–related Medicaid payment per provider in Oroville was $61,920, higher than the California statewide average of $52,976.

During peak pandemic years, payments for COVID-19–specific services drove a significant portion of Medicaid expenditure growth in Oroville.

From 2020 to 2024, Medicaid payments for all other claim categories grew by $9,524,431, which marks a 22.2% rise.

In the two years before the pandemic, the average annual Medicaid payment in Oroville was $41,506,808.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid spending totaled around $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up nearly 18% of U.S. health expenditures. This was a substantial rise from about $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the pandemic.

This roughly 40% increase over several years was primarily driven by enrollment expansion and higher health care use during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have included notable proposals for reducing the federal contribution and changing Medicaid’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is anticipated to lower federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion in the next decade. It incorporates changes such as new work requirements and cost-sharing that may limit some beneficiaries’ access and shift more costs to states, even as the program covers tens of millions of Americans.

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

Details in this article were sourced from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The original source data is available here.