Okeene Medicaid dental services payments totaled $19,929 in 2024, up 131% from prior year

Okeene Medicaid providers billed a total of $19,929 for Dental Services in 2024, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. That figure represented a 131.1% rise from 2023, when claims in this service category reached $8,625.

Medicaid, which is administered by states and funded jointly by federal and state governments, provides insurance for low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, remaining a major component of the U.S. health system.

As Medicaid payments are funded by taxpayers, shifts in local billing demonstrate how health care funds are distributed within a community.

The “Dental Services” label refers to a group of Medicaid-billed services classified by care type, based on HCPCS and CPT coding structures. To compile this analysis, each code was assigned to one distinct service group according to consistent prefixes and number ranges, enabling aggregation of related services and ensuring accurate comparisons across years while avoiding duplicate entries.

Across all Medicaid service lines, Dental Services was the second highest category by total payments reported in Okeene in 2024.

Statewide in Oklahoma, Dental Services ranked ninth for total Medicaid claim payments during 2024.

In the five years before 2024, Medicaid Dental Services payments in Okeene rose by $19,929, or 0%. Spending increased during specific periods, with especially large annual increases seen in 2023 and 2022.

While dental service spending was reported across Okeene, the majority of payments were found in a small number of ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 73763 accounted for $19,928 in Dental Services billing. This single ZIP code represented 100% of Dental Services-related Medicaid payments in Okeene for the year.

Medicaid Dental Services spending was also focused on a small set of individual billing codes within the overall category.

For additional context, Medicaid payments for Dental Services in Okeene increased 131.1% from 2023 to 2024. In comparison, all Medicaid claim categories combined rose by 18.7% in the city over the same time frame.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023. That made up about 18% of the nation’s health spending and was a significant increase from around $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The growth reflects an almost 40% rise in just a few years, primarily due to increased enrollment and greater usage during and after the pandemic.

Recent congressional budget legislation passed under the Trump administration proposed notable federal Medicaid cuts and program changes. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by more than $1 trillion over ten years and bring in new policies like work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which could limit funding and coverage for some beneficiaries. These changes may result in states assuming a larger share of expenses and a curbed pace of federal support, even as Medicaid continues to cover tens of millions nationally.

Note: HCPCS codes are shown for context within the category. Category totals and rankings in this article are based on standardized service groupings rather than individual billing codes.

Information in this article was obtained from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The source data can be found here.