Radiology procedures billings through Medicaid total $1,537,049 in Safford for 2024

Health providers in Safford submitted $1,537,049 in Medicaid claims for services grouped under Radiology Procedures in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This figure reflects a 0.7% increase compared to 2023, when billings for similar services reached $1,526,725.

Medicaid is a government health insurance program managed at the state level and funded in partnership by state and federal governments. The program serves low-income families and individuals, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, and is among the country’s largest health initiatives.

Because taxpayer resources fund Medicaid, variations in local billing reflect the ways in which public health care funds are distributed in a particular area.

The “Radiology Procedures” group includes Medicaid-billed services categorized by delivery type, using established HCPCS and CPT code groupings. This assessment assigned every billing code to a single service type according to standard code prefixes and number sets, allowing grouping-related analysis while preventing double counting and preserving longitudinal rankings.

Despite overall growth in various Medicaid spending categories, Radiology Procedures ranked third for total Medicaid billings in Safford in 2024.

Statewide in Arizona, Radiology Procedures placed seventh among Medicaid payment categories that year.

Review of the five years prior to 2024 shows Medicaid claims for Radiology Procedures in Safford increased by $546,483, or 55.2%. Certain years, such as 2022 and 2021, saw particularly marked annual climbs.

Though Radiology Procedures claims occurred throughout Safford, most of the amount was focused within a small group of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 85546 was responsible for $1,537,048 in payments—the highest in the city—together constituting 100% of local Medicaid spending in this service category for the year.

A limited number of Medicaid billing codes accounted for the majority of payments in the Radiology Procedures category.

Examining annual change, payments connected to Radiology Procedures in Safford rose by 0.7% from 2023 to 2024, while total Medicaid claims across all categories in the area grew 10.3% during that span.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total Medicaid spending from both federal and state sources hit approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, which represents around 18% of all U.S. health expenditures, up significantly from about $613.5 billion in 2019, preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.

This jump equates to about 40% growth in several years, largely due to expanded enrollment and higher usage following the pandemic’s onset.

Recently, federal budget changes under the Trump administration proposed substantial reductions to Medicaid funding and realignment of the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is intended to reduce federal Medicaid allocations by more than $1 trillion through the next decade and brings policies such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing, potentially impacting funding and coverage for some enrollees. Expectations are that states may need to shoulder additional responsibilities and costs as federal matching curbs program growth, even as it continues to cover 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.