Durable Medical Equipment Medicaid billing in Oakbrook Terrace reached $39,380 in 2024

In 2024, Oakbrook Terrace Medicaid providers billed $39,380 for services in the Durable Medical Equipment category, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 58.6% rise from 2023, when claims in the same category totaled $24,831.

Medicaid is a state-run public health insurance program funded jointly by state and federal governments. It provides insurance for low-income adults and families, seniors, people with disabilities, and children, making it among the largest components of the U.S. health care system.

Shifts in local Medicaid billing reveal how taxpayer-funded health care resources are distributed throughout a community.

The "Durable Medical Equipment" service category groups certain Medicaid-billed services according to specific care types, relying on standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. In this analysis, each code was placed in a single category based on predetermined code prefixes and number ranges, which helped classify services together accurately while ensuring no double counting and supporting precise ranking comparisons over time.

Durable Medical Equipment accounted for the highest total Medicaid payments in Oakbrook Terrace for 2024, placing this category at the top among all service types in the city.

Statewide, this category was ranked seventh by overall Medicaid payments in Illinois in 2024.

Over the five years before 2024, Medicaid spending in the Durable Medical Equipment category in Oakbrook Terrace totaled $39,380, or a 0% change. Certain periods saw stronger spending growth, especially in 2023 and 2022, where year-over-year increases were notable.

Most Durable Medical Equipment payments in Oakbrook Terrace were limited to a few ZIP codes, with 60181 accounting for $39,380 in 2024. This single ZIP code represented 100% of Medicaid spending for this category in Oakbrook Terrace for the year.

Payments to individual billing codes were also concentrated among a small set within the Durable Medical Equipment group.

To compare, Medicaid spending for Durable Medical Equipment rose by 58.6% in Oakbrook Terrace between 2024 and 2023, whereas Medicaid payments across all claim categories citywide saw a 67.4% change in the same timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid expenditures were about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up around 18% of national health costs, a sharp increase from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This difference reflects growth near 40% in under five years, mainly due to expanded Medicaid enrollment and greater service utilization during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget law signed during the Trump administration included significant proposals impacting federal Medicaid contributions and program design. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is projected to cut federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion in the next ten years, and incorporates new measures—such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing—that could affect coverage and funding for some Medicaid recipients. These modifications are likely to transfer more costs to states and constrain federal support, despite ongoing program enrollment in the tens of millions.

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.