Berwyn reports at least $9,798 in Medicaid claims for COVID-19 services in 2024

At least $9,798 in Medicaid funding was distributed in Berwyn in 2024 for services billed under HCPCS codes designed specifically for COVID-19, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows.

Medicaid, which is managed by the states and jointly financed by federal and state governments, provides public health insurance coverage for low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, establishing itself as one of the nation’s central health care programs. More on this can be found at Commonwealth Fund.

Because taxpayer funding underpins Medicaid, shifts in local reimbursement amounts highlight changes in public health care spending across different communities.

This review identifies COVID-19 services using HCPCS codes specifically denoted as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus” in describing the claim, so the figures only account for payments tagged as COVID-related and exclude any indirect or broader-coded pandemic care.

As a comparison, Chicago logged the highest statewide Medicaid expenditures on COVID-19 services for Illinois in 2024 at $5,867,303 in virus-specific claims.

For further reference, Berwyn’s average Medicaid claim per provider for COVID-specific services was $4,899, falling below the statewide provider average of $168,110.

Berwyn’s spending on COVID-19–focused services contributed notably to the area’s growth in Medicaid disbursements during pandemic years.

Other claim categories in Berwyn revealed a $4,194,963 increase in Medicaid reimbursements from 2020 to 2024, marking a 68.9% rise over that span.

Looking at the two years before the pandemic, Medicaid funding in Berwyn averaged $3,768,825 per year.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in fiscal year 2023, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditure reached about $871.7 billion, making up nearly 18% of national health outlays, a substantial increase from the $613.5 billion total in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 outbreak.

This jump reflects around 40% growth in just several years, largely attributable to greater enrollment numbers and heightened use following and during the pandemic response.

Recent legislation approved under the Trump administration includes major measures aimed at cutting federal Medicaid outlays and restructuring the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is anticipated to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over the next decade and institutes new eligibility and cost-sharing requirements, which could limit program coverage and funding for select groups. States are expected to assume a heavier financial role as federal expansion slows, even as Medicaid remains critical to millions nationwide.

Note: Includes HCPCS codes explicitly labeled for COVID-19 services; totals do not represent all pandemic-related health care spending.

Data for this article is sourced from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Access the original dataset here.