Oak Brook Medicaid spending on medical and surgical supplies rises to $601,013 in 2024

In 2024, Oak Brook Medicaid providers submitted $601,013 in claims for Medical And Surgical Supplies, according to information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented an increase of 20.6% compared to 2023, when the total for the same service category was $498,358.

Medicaid, the state-administered health insurance program funded by both federal and state resources, provides coverage for low-income people, older adults, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it one of the largest health programs in the nation.

Since Medicaid funding is sourced through taxpayers, trends in claims can reflect shifts in how public health spending is distributed within a given area.

The “Medical And Surgical Supplies” group includes a range of Medicaid services identified by standardized groupings of HCPCS and CPT codes. For this report, each billing code fell under a specific service category based on code prefixes and ranges to enable analysis of comparable services, prevent double counting, and preserve year-to-year consistency in rankings.

Medicaid spending in Oak Brook increased among several service lines, but Medical And Surgical Supplies ranked as the fifth-largest category by overall Medicaid payments for 2024.

Statewide, Medical And Surgical Supplies finished in ninth place among all Medicaid service categories in Illinois during 2024.

Looking at a five-year period ending with 2024, Medicaid payments for Medical And Surgical Supplies in Oak Brook rose by $227,945, equal to 61.1%. There were periods of notable growth, especially year-over-year upticks in 2022 and 2021.

Most spending in this category was associated with a limited set of ZIP codes within the city. In 2024, ZIP code 60523 alone contributed $601,013—the entirety of Oak Brook’s Medicaid payments tied to Medical And Surgical Supplies that year.

Within the service category, reimbursement dollars were focused among just a handful of unique billing codes.

Comparatively, Oak Brook saw a 20.6% increase in Medicaid payments for Medical And Surgical Supplies from 2023 to 2024, while all Medicaid categories combined grew by 15.1% locally over the same timespan.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total Medicaid expenditures nationwide reached roughly $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of all national health care spending—a significant rise from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 public health crisis.

This 40% surge in expenditure was mainly attributed to increased enrollment and usage both during and in the aftermath of the pandemic period.

Recent budget legislation under the Trump administration featured proposals to substantially cut federal Medicaid money and restructure the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, forecasts more than $1 trillion in reduced Medicaid expenditures over 10 years, and introduces work requirements and greater cost-sharing—measures projected to decrease coverage and available funds for some enrollees. As a result, more costs could shift to state budgets, restricting federal Medicaid growth, while the program continues serving 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.