Medicaid pays $4.13 million for medical and surgical supplies in Kennesaw in 2024

In 2024, Kennesaw Medicaid providers submitted $4,130,180 in claims for Medical And Surgical Supplies, based on records from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 51.4% jump compared with 2023, when claims in this service category totaled $2,728,864.

Medicaid, operated by state governments and funded by both federal and state resources, provides health insurance to low-income people, older adults, children, and those with disabilities. It ranks among the largest programs in the American health care system.

Because Medicaid expenditures reflect allocation of taxpayer dollars, shifts in local billing highlight how public health resources are distributed within communities.

The Medical And Surgical Supplies group encompasses Medicaid-billed procedures defined by care type through standardized HCPCS and CPT code sets. This analysis assigned each billing code exclusively to one service group, enabling the review of related services together without duplication and preserving service rankings.

While multiple Medicaid service categories saw spending rises, Medical And Surgical Supplies had the highest Medicaid payment total in Kennesaw for 2024.

Statewide, Georgia ranked the Medical And Surgical Supplies group 12th in total Medicaid payments for 2024.

Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid allocations for Medical And Surgical Supplies in Kennesaw rose by $3,669,495, an increase of 796.5%. This growth accelerated in certain years, particularly with notable increases during both 2023 and 2022.

Medicaid expenditures for Medical And Surgical Supplies were distributed throughout the city but concentrated within certain ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 30144 accounted for the entire $4,130,180 in this category, meaning the top ZIP code comprised 100% of relevant Medicaid payments for that year in Kennesaw.

A small set of service codes accounted for the majority of Medicaid Medical And Surgical Supplies payments.

To compare, the 51.4% year-over-year growth for Medicaid Medical And Surgical Supplies payments in Kennesaw (from 2023 to 2024) exceeded the 34.8% increase observed across all Medicaid service categories in the city during the same period.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data show that nationwide Medicaid spending from both federal and state sources reached about $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, making up roughly 18% of U.S. health spending, a substantial rise from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This rise translates to an estimated 40% increase in just a few years, sparked mainly by higher enrollment and more frequent use of Medicaid after the pandemic began.

Recent federal budget measures from the Trump administration include major changes to federal Medicaid support. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years and implements policies such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing, which may lower coverage levels and funding for certain Medicaid participants. These steps could force states to absorb more costs and restrict federal Medicaid support growth as the program continues to serve millions of Americans.

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.