Medicaid spending on Hearing Services jumps 85.4% in Fair Oaks in 2024

Fair Oaks Medicaid providers billed $103,752 for Hearing Services in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount marked an 85.4% rise over 2023, when $55,958 was billed for the same category.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program operated by states and funded jointly by federal and state governments. It supports low-income individuals and families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities, making it one of the largest segments of the nation’s health care system.

Because Medicaid payments are funded by taxpayers, shifts in local billing levels highlight how public health care spending is distributed locally.

The Hearing Services category includes a range of Medicaid-billed services, grouped by care type using standardized HCPCS and CPT code definitions. The analysis assigned each billing code to a single service group by code prefixes and numeric ranges, grouping comparable services for comparison while avoiding duplicate counts and maintaining accurate rankings over time.

While Medicaid spending increased across a number of categories, Hearing Services placed fifth by total Medicaid payments in Fair Oaks for 2024.

The Hearing Services category ranked 21st statewide in California by Medicaid payments for 2024.

Over the five years preceding 2024, Fair Oaks Medicaid payments for Hearing Services rose by $103,752, representing no percentage change. There were periods of accelerated growth, with marked year-over-year increases in both 2023 and 2022.

Spending for Hearing Services in the city was focused in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, the ZIP code 95628 accounted for $103,751 in Medicaid payments, making up 100% of the city’s Hearing Services Medicaid spending that year.

Medicaid payments within the Hearing Services category were also heavily weighted toward a select number of specific billing codes.

In comparison, Hearing Services Medicaid payments in Fair Oaks grew 85.4% from 2023 to 2024, while total Medicaid claims across all categories in the city changed by 22% during that time.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total federal and state Medicaid spending reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, about 18% of all national health expenditures, up significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This growth reflects an increase of about 40% over several years, largely due to expanded enrollment and higher utilization rates during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures enacted under the Trump administration have featured major proposals to decrease federal Medicaid funding and change the program’s structure. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next decade. The law brings policies such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which may reduce coverage and funding for some Medicaid recipients. These adjustments are projected to shift more financial burden to states and limit the expansion of federal Medicaid assistance, even as the program continues to serve millions of people.

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.