In 2024, Medicaid providers in Bridgeport billed $104,689 for Dental Services, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 0.7% increase from 2023, when $103,963 in claims were filed for the same type of service.
Medicaid is a public health insurance program operated by the states with funding from both federal and state governments. The program provides coverage to low-income groups including families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a central component of the country’s health system.
Since Medicaid finances are provided by taxpayers, any fluctuation in local billing amounts demonstrates how health care funding is distributed within communities.
The “Dental Services” category includes a collection of services billed through Medicaid that are grouped based on service type, as defined by standard HCPCS and CPT codes. Each code for this analysis was allocated to a single service category using consistent numeric ranges and code prefixes, keeping similar services together, preventing double counting, and preserving clear rankings over time.
While overall Medicaid spending rose among several categories, Dental Services placed 13th for total payments in Bridgeport in 2024.
Statewide in West Virginia, Dental Services also ranked 13th in Medicaid payment categories in 2024.
From five years before 2024, Medicaid spending attributed to Dental Services in Bridgeport rose by $101,669, which is a 3366.2% increase. Sharpest increases were seen in certain years, especially 2021 and 2020.
Spending for Dental Services was allocated throughout Bridgeport, though it was most concentrated in certain ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 26330 accounted for $104,689—the total Medicaid spending for the Dental Services category in the city. The leading ZIP code alone contributed 100% of dental Medicaid payments in Bridgeport that year.
Medicaid billing for Dental Services was further focused among select billing codes within the category.
To compare trends, Medicaid spending on Dental Services in Bridgeport grew by 0.7% between 2024 and 2023, while all Medicaid claim categories in the city experienced a 16% increase over the same period.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, overall state and federal Medicaid spending hit approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, around 18% of total U.S. health expenditures, and up from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic.
This represents about a 40% increase in only a few years, mainly due to rising enrollment and increased service use during and after the pandemic period.
Recent congressional budget measures under the Trump administration included major changes to federal Medicaid funding and program design. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is set to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid funding in the coming decade. Provisions of the law add work requirements and expanded cost-sharing, changes that may lower funding and restrict eligibility for some beneficiaries, shifting a larger share of costs to states as federal support slows, while millions of Americans continue relying on the program.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $3,020 | 304.2% |
| 2021 | $52,308 | 1631.9% |
| 2022 | $89,774 | 71.6% |
| 2023 | $103,962 | 15.8% |
| 2024 | $104,689 | 0.7% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evaluation and Management | $5,604,293 | 38.1% |
| 2 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $2,540,868 | 17.3% |
| 3 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $2,006,362 | 13.6% |
| 4 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $1,087,080 | 7.4% |
| 5 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $873,692 | 5.9% |
| 6 | Surgery | $638,324 | 4.3% |
| 7 | Durable Medical Equipment | $579,005 | 3.9% |
| 8 | Anesthesia | $321,853 | 2.2% |
| 9 | Radiology Procedures | $285,693 | 1.9% |
| 10 | Orthotic Procedures and services | $153,848 | 1% |
| 11 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $112,094 | 0.8% |
| 12 | Administrative, Miscellaneous and Investigational | $105,251 | 0.7% |
| 13 | Dental Services | $104,689 | 0.7% |
| 14 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $90,532 | 0.6% |
| 15 | Chemotherapy Drugs | $84,776 | 0.6% |
| 16 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $42,131 | 0.3% |
| 17 | Procedures / Professional Services | $40,829 | 0.3% |
| 18 | Vision Services | $29,745 | 0.2% |
| 19 | Durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) | $8,701 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Outpatient PPS | $1,705 | <0.1% |
| 21 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $1,458 | <0.1% |
| 22 | Pathology and Laboratory Services | $826 | <0.1% |
| 23 | Coronavirus Diagnostic Panel | $669 | <0.1% |
| 24 | Temporary Codes | $208 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| D0140 | Limit oral eval problm focus | $27,296 | 12 |
| D0330 | Panoramic image | $25,039 | 14 |
| D0230 | Intraoral periapical ea add | $19,317 | 12 |
| D0220 | Intraoral periapical first | $12,602 | 12 |
| D0120 | Periodic oral evaluation | $8,321 | 17 |
| D0340 | 2d cephalometric image | $5,607 | 6 |
| D0350 | Oral/facial photo images | $2,080 | 7 |
| D0150 | Comprehensve oral evaluation | $1,898 | 4 |
| D0470 | Diagnostic casts | $1,601 | 3 |
| D0274 | Bitewings four images | $924 | 2 |
Note: HCPCS codes are included for context in the category. Category totals and rankings referenced here use standardized groupings of services, not individual billing codes.
Data referenced in this article is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Source information is available here.
