Medicaid payments for Dental Services in Hacienda Heights reach $43,118 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Hacienda Heights billed $43,118 for Dental Services, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. This amount represents a 23.6% increase compared to 2023, when providers submitted $34,886 in claims for the same category.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program operated by the states and funded through a partnership between federal and state governments, covers low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities. It is one of the largest elements of the U.S. health care system.

Since taxpayer dollars support Medicaid payments, shifts in local billing show how public health care funds are spent in a community.

The “Dental Services” grouping includes a set of Medicaid-billed procedures defined by care type, organized by standardized HCPCS and CPT code clusters. This analysis assigned each billing code to a single service category using consistent code prefixes and number ranges. This allows related services to be viewed together, prevents double counting, and maintains accurate rankings over time.

While Medicaid spending rose in several categories, Dental Services ranked fourth overall in Hacienda Heights for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Across California, Dental Services finished as the 11th ranked category for Medicaid payments statewide in 2024.

Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid spending for Dental Services in Hacienda Heights grew by $18,059, a 72.1% increase. Spurts of faster growth occurred during specific periods, including notable year-over-year jumps in 2021 and 2022.

Dentist-related Medicaid payments in the city were distributed across several areas, but payments were most heavily centered in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, the 91745 ZIP code reported $43,117 in Dental Services Medicaid spending. Altogether, the leading ZIP code accounted for 100% of Medicaid payments in this category in Hacienda Heights for the year.

Within Dental Services, a small set of billing codes made up the majority of Medicaid payments.

For context, Medicaid payments for Dental Services in Hacienda Heights climbed 23.6% from 2023 to 2024, whereas all Medicaid claim categories collectively rose by 11.9% in the city over the same period.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report combined federal and state Medicaid spending was about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, equaling roughly 18% of national health expenditures, up significantly from about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This rise amounts to approximately 40% growth in just a few years, largely due to expanded enrollment and increased use of services during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budgets enacted under the Trump administration have contained major proposals to reduce federal Medicaid funding and restructure the program. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is forecast to trim over $1 trillion from federal Medicaid spending over the next decade and introduces measures such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which could lead to reduced coverage and funding for certain beneficiaries. These provisions are expected to increase costs for states and restrain future federal Medicaid growth, despite the program’s continued service to millions of Americans.

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.