Luverne Medicaid spending for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) rises to $52,954 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Luverne billed $52,954 for services categorized under Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare), according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a rise of 35.9% from 2023, when providers billed $38,955 for the same services.

Medicaid, a state-run public insurance program financed through both federal and state contributions, covers low-income families and individuals, seniors, children, and people with disabilities. It is a major component of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid is funded by taxpayers, fluctuations in billing levels locally reflect how health care dollars are distributed within the community.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” category includes a range of Medicaid-billed services categorized according to care type, using standardized HCPCS and CPT groupings. Each code was assigned to a distinct service category for this analysis based on specific code prefixes and numeric ranges, enabling related services to be grouped without overlap and supporting accurate trends and comparisons.

Although spending grew in several categories, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) placed fourth by Medicaid payments in Luverne for 2024.

Statewide in Minnesota, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) ranked third by Medicaid payment totals in 2024.

From five years prior to 2024, Medicaid expenditures tied to Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Luverne rose by $52,954, equal to a 0% change. Some years saw accelerated growth, with significant year-over-year increases observed in 2023 and 2022.

Spending was not uniform across Luverne, as most Medicaid payments in this category were found in specific ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 56156 recorded $52,954, representing 100% of Luverne’s Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) that year.

Medicaid payments in this service category were further concentrated among a small set of billing codes.

Between 2024 and 2023, Luverne’s Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) climbed 35.9%, surpassing the 30.9% change observed across all claims categories in the city during the same timeframe.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported that combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached approximately $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023—about 18% of all national health expenditures. This total increased from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This constitutes an increase of nearly 40% over just a few years, mainly due to broader enrollment and heightened service use during and following the pandemic.

Federal budget proposals during the Trump administration introduced major changes to Medicaid funding. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is projected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years. It also implements policies such as work mandates and greater cost-sharing, which may limit funding and coverage, shifting more responsibility to states as the program continues supporting tens of millions nationwide.

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.