Radiology Procedures Medicaid payments in Louisville increase 17.7% in 2024

Louisville Medicaid providers submitted $19,679 in claims for services classified under the Radiology Procedures category in 2024, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending data shows. This amount is up 17.7% from 2023, when claims for these services totaled $16,724.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program operated by the states and funded through a partnership between federal and state governments. The program serves low-income people, seniors, children and individuals with disabilities, representing one of the largest segments of the U.S. health care system.

With Medicaid payments relying on taxpayer funding, local billing levels help illustrate how a community allocates its public health care resources.

The “Radiology Procedures” grouping covers a set of Medicaid-billed services determined by type of care, drawing on standard HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, each billing code was placed in a single service category using established coding prefixes and numeric bands, ensuring related services are aggregated without double-counting and assisting with accurate year-over-year comparisons.

Medicaid spending grew in many categories, but Radiology Procedures placed 10th by overall Medicaid payments in Louisville for 2024.

Statewide in Colorado, Radiology Procedures ranked 14th for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

During the five years leading up to 2024, Medicaid spending on Radiology Procedures in Louisville climbed by $19,679, or 0%. There were periods of faster acceleration, especially in 2022 and 2023, with notable year-over-year gains.

Payments for Radiology Procedures were distributed throughout the city, but totals were concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 80027 accounted for $19,679, representing the area with the most Medicaid payments under this category, and the top ZIP code represented 100% of all city spending for Radiology Procedures that year.

Most Medicaid dollars within the Radiology Procedures category went to a select group of individual billing codes.

From 2023 to 2024, Medicaid payments in Louisville tied to Radiology Procedures increased 17.7%, while all Medicaid claim categories citywide rose by 26.2% over the same time frame.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data shows that joint federal and state Medicaid outlays reached about $871.7 billion during fiscal year 2023, making up nearly 18% of total U.S. health care spending and jumping from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This jump amounts to a growth rate of about 40% over just a few years, fueled in large part by greater enrollment and increased use of services in and after the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget legislation under the Trump administration introduced major proposals reducing federal Medicaid support and redesigning the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion in the next decade, by introducing work requirements and expanded cost-sharing that could reduce both coverage and funding for some participants. These policy changes are expected to increase states’ financial share and cap federal funding growth, even as Medicaid continues to cover millions throughout the country.

Note: HCPCS codes are presented to provide category context. Article totals and category rankings are based on standardized service groupings, not individual billing codes.

Data in this article comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Find the original dataset here.