Melrose Park Medicaid providers submitted $2,370,671 in claims for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services in 2024, based on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending data. This represented a 4.9% rise from 2023, when similar services totaled $2,260,843 in billings.
Medicaid, operated by states and funded by both federal and state governments, covers individuals and families in low-income groups, seniors, children and people with disabilities. It is one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system.
Because taxes support Medicaid payments, fluctuation in local billings demonstrates shifts in how medical resources are used within a community.
The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” category includes services grouped by care type using standardized HCPCS and CPT coding. Codes were allocated to one service category each for this analysis, relying on numerical ranges and consistent prefixes, to provide a clear picture of trends and rankings while preventing double counting.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment received the highest Medicaid payment total among services in Melrose Park in 2024, a position consistent with rising local costs across multiple health service types.
Statewide in Illinois, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment ranked third in Medicaid funding among all service categories for 2024.
From 2019 to 2024, Melrose Park experienced a $1,161,996 (+96.1%) surge in Medicaid funds connected to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment. There were especially marked year-over-year increases identified in 2022 and 2023.
Payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment were dispersed citywide, with major concentrations in select ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 60160 saw $2,370,671 in payments, accounting for 100% of Medicaid funds in this service group for Melrose Park that year.
Much of the expenditure in this care category was focused on a select group of billing codes.
When comparing 2024 with 2023, Medicaid payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services in Melrose Park rose by 4.9%. This matches the rate of change seen in total Medicaid claims in the city for that period.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report that combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. This made up about 18% of national health spending, an increase from around $613.5 billion in 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic.
This growth equates to an approximate 40% jump in just a few years, largely driven by increased enrollment and service use during and after the pandemic.
Changes at the federal level during the Trump administration included proposed and enacted Medicaid funding reductions, as in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025. The law is expected to lower federal Medicaid outlays by over $1 trillion for the decade and prompts increased work requirements and cost-sharing, which could decrease some beneficiaries’ support. States are likely to pick up a larger share of costs as federal contributions slow, while millions remain covered by the program.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1,208,674 | 13.4% |
| 2021 | $1,243,030 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | $1,729,940 | 39.2% |
| 2023 | $2,260,842 | 30.7% |
| 2024 | $2,370,671 | 4.9% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $2,370,671 | 62.6% |
| 2 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $896,954 | 23.7% |
| 3 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $521,806 | 13.8% |
| 4 | Dental Services | $0 | <0.1% |
| 4 | Evaluation and Management | $0 | <0.1% |
| 4 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $0 | <0.1% |
| 4 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| H0004 | Alcohol and/or drug services | $1,388,066 | 25 |
| H2000 | Comp multidisipln evaluation | $521,450 | 11 |
| H2015 | Comp comm supp svc, 15 min | $443,901 | 11 |
| H2011 | Crisis interven svc, 15 min | $17,252 | 3 |
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.
