In 2024, providers serving West Chicago billed a total of $24,865 to Medicaid for Medical And Surgical Supplies services, using data reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The amount represented a 9.7% uptick from 2023 claims, which reached $22,661 for the same category.
Medicaid, which is administered by individual states with joint federal and state funding, serves low-income individuals and families—including seniors, children, and people with disabilities. It remains a major component of the U.S. health care system.
Since Medicaid funding relies on taxpayers, variations in local billing levels illustrate how public health care resources are distributed within communities.
The Medical And Surgical Supplies category encompasses a collection of Medicaid-billed services defined by type, based on standard HCPCS and CPT code clusters. For this examination, each billing code was assigned uniquely to its service group, using coordinated codes and ranges for aggregated analysis, preventing overlap and maintaining accurate rankings each year.
While Medicaid disbursements expanded across various categories, Medical And Surgical Supplies ranked fifth by overall payments in West Chicago for 2024.
Across Illinois, Medical And Surgical Supplies placed ninth among all service categories based on total Medicaid payments in 2024.
Between 2020 and 2024, spending for the Medical And Surgical Supplies services in West Chicago grew by $11,232, or 82.4%. Growth rates fluctuated, with significant spikes documented in 2020 and 2023 year over year.
Spending for the Medical And Surgical Supplies category, though distributed citywide, was heavily concentrated in certain ZIP codes. Most notably, ZIP code 60185 saw the highest payments, amounting to $24,864 in 2024. The top ZIP code was responsible for 100% of Medicaid expenditures in this category for West Chicago during the year.
Payments within this category were also concentrated among a small subset of specific billing codes.
In a broader context, Medicaid spending attributed to the Medical And Surgical Supplies class in West Chicago increased by 9.7% from 2023 to 2024, compared with a 21% change reported cumulatively for all categories of Medicaid claims in the city during the same time frame.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, aggregate federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled around $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, comprising about 18% of all national health spending. This number increased sharply from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
This nearly 40% growth within a few years was primarily driven by rising enrollment and expanded utilization throughout and following the pandemic-related period.
Recent federal budget actions enacted during the Trump administration included major plans to decrease federal Medicaid funding and adjust the structure of the program. An example is the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, which is anticipated to reduce federal Medicaid support by over $1 trillion in the coming decade. Provisions such as new work requirements and greater cost-sharing may reduce availability and funding for some enrollees. Shifts in cost responsibility toward the states are expected, constraining federal Medicaid contributions as the program continues to cover tens of millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $13,632 | 18.4% |
| 2021 | $12,138 | -11% |
| 2022 | $11,536 | -5% |
| 2023 | $22,661 | 96.4% |
| 2024 | $24,864 | 9.7% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $1,664,541 | 50.8% |
| 2 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $1,160,318 | 35.4% |
| 3 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $212,946 | 6.5% |
| 4 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $187,371 | 5.7% |
| 5 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $24,864 | 0.8% |
| 6 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $22,922 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Durable Medical Equipment | $3,668 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Evaluation and Management | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| A4927 | Non-sterile gloves | $24,778 | 14 |
| A5120 | Skin barrier, wipe or swab | $86 | 2 |
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.
