Port Angeles Medicaid claims for COVID-19 topped $125,953 in 2024

At least $125,953 in Medicaid payments were made in Port Angeles in 2024 for services billed using HCPCS codes directly tied to COVID-19, based on information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database.

Medicaid, a government-backed health insurance program run at the state level and funded jointly by federal and state governments, insures low-income families and individuals, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a significant component of the U.S. health care system.

Because Medicaid spending is funded by taxpayer dollars, shifts in local billing volumes highlight how public health funds are distributed within a community.

In this analysis, only those COVID-19–related services with an HCPCS code explicitly labeled or identified as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus” were counted. Therefore, the total reflects only directly coded COVID-19 services and does not include broader care that may relate to the pandemic but was billed under other descriptions.

Seattle had the highest total Medicaid payments connected to COVID-19 services in Washington for 2024, reaching $461,706 in virus-related claims.

Two providers in Port Angeles billed Medicaid for COVID-19–related services during 2024. The COVID Specific code made up the bulk of those claims, accounting for $124,264.

The average Medicaid payment per provider for COVID-19–related services in Port Angeles was $62,976, which is above the Washington state average of $18,594.

Spending on COVID-19–specific care contributed significantly to the increase in Medicaid expenditures in Port Angeles during the pandemic years.

All other Medicaid claim categories in Port Angeles rose by a total of $2,473,015 from 2020 to 2024, a gain of 12.9%.

During the two years before the pandemic, average annual Medicaid payments in Port Angeles were $20,425,125.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined Medicaid spending by federal and state governments reached about $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023, accounting for around 18% of total U.S. health expenditures. That’s a significant increase from the roughly $613.5 billion spent in 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This bump amounts to nearly 40% growth over a few years, due in large part to higher enrollment and greater utilization throughout and following the pandemic.

Recent budget measures passed under the Trump administration proposed major reductions to federal Medicaid funding and a redesign of the program. One example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to cut federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years and introduces changes such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing, potentially lowering coverage and funding for some participants. The changes could mean more costs for states and a slower rate of federal Medicaid growth, even as enrollment remains high.

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

This report used data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database, which can be accessed here.