Draper documented $762 in Medicaid claims for COVID-19 services in 2024

Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show Medicaid reimbursements in Draper amounted to at least $762 in 2024 for services coded specifically for COVID-19 through explicit HCPCS designations.

Medicaid, a state-administered public insurance program funded by federal and state sources, provides coverage for low-income individuals, families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities. The program is one of the major components of the U.S. health care system.

Because Medicaid spending draws on public funds, shifts in local billing totals can indicate how health care resources are distributed within a community.

This analysis identifies COVID-19-related Medicaid services using HCPCS codes marked in billing entries or reference data as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus” services. As a result, care billed with broader or alternative codes not flagged as COVID-specific is not included.

In terms of state comparisons, Salt Lake City logged the highest COVID-19–classified Medicaid claims in Utah for 2024, with $39,316 tied to virus-related codes.

Draper saw two providers file Medicaid claims for COVID-19–linked services in 2024, with the largest identified code—COVID Specific—representing $482 of the total.

The mean Medicaid payment per provider for COVID-19 services in Draper in 2024 reached $381, well below the Utah average of $3,456 per provider.

Across all other Medicaid payment categories, Draper experienced a cumulative $485,425 increase from 2020 to 2024, amounting to a 4.9% rise.

In the two years before the onset of the pandemic, Draper averaged $7,012,718 annually in Medicaid payments.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures hit roughly $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year. This represented about 18% of all national health spending, highlighting a sharp rise from $613.5 billion in 2019 before COVID-19.

This amounts to an increase of near 40% in just a few years—mainly credited to heightened enrollment and greater service utilization amid and following the pandemic.

Recent Trump-era budget legislation has introduced significant proposals to curb federal Medicaid funding and restructure how the program functions. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid allocations over the coming decade, bring in work requirements, and boost cost-sharing policies that could decrease coverage and funding for certain enrollees. These provisions are projected to shift greater costs to states and cap the growth of the federal Medicaid share, even as national enrollment remains high.

Note: Totals reflect only HCPCS codes explicitly designated for COVID-19 services and do not capture all pandemic-connected spending across categories.

The findings in this article use the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The detailed source data is accessible here.