Glens Falls Medicaid paid $24,795 for COVID-19 services in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid paid at least $24,795 in Glens Falls for services billed through HCPCS codes specifically linked with COVID-19, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database.

Medicaid, a publicly funded health insurance operated by the states, is supported by both federal and state resources. The program covers groups such as low-income individuals and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities and ranks among the largest components of the U.S. health system. For more details see this explainer.

Because taxpayer funds support Medicaid payments, varying amounts billed in different communities reflect shifts in the allocation of public health resources.

This analysis captured COVID-19–related billing using HCPCS codes listing “COVID-19” or “coronavirus” in their descriptions or relevant databases. Results represent only claims directly marked as COVID-specific and exclude related care that might use broader or different codes.

In comparison, Brooklyn recorded New York’s highest Medicaid payments connected to COVID-19 services for 2024, totaling $3,718,101 in virus-linked claims.

On average, each Medicaid provider in Glens Falls received $8,265 for COVID-19–related care, which falls below the state per-provider average of $29,403.

COVID-19–specific billing drove a sizable share of Medicaid spending growth during the pandemic in Glens Falls.

From 2020 to 2024, Medicaid payments to all other types of claims in Glens Falls grew by $3,579,472, or 22.4%.

In the two years leading up to the pandemic, annual Medicaid payments for Glens Falls averaged $8,061,744.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, joint federal and state Medicaid outlays reached roughly $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023. That total made up about 18% of national health spending, marking a sharp increase from the $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The $871.7 billion figure signals approximately 40% growth over several years, a trend fueled by rising enrollment and greater utilization during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget changes enacted during the Trump administration include substantial federal Medicaid funding cuts and program changes. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, aims to trim federal Medicaid expenditures by over $1 trillion across 10 years and adds policies such as work requirements and higher cost sharing; these measures could narrow coverage and lower funding for some users. States may assume more cost burden as these changes are expected to slow the pace of federal support, even while Medicaid remains vital to millions of Americans.

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

Details reported in this article come from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The source data is available here.