Batavia posts 9.4% rise in Medicaid alcohol and drug treatment payments in 2024

Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows Medicaid providers in Batavia billed $413,539 in 2024 for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services, representing a 9.4% increase from $378,038 recorded in 2023.

Medicaid, administered by individual states with joint federal and state funding, serves low-income people, seniors, children, and those with disabilities and remains a significant part of the nation’s health care system. For more information about its funding, see this explainer by the Commonwealth Fund.

Shifts in local Medicaid billing reflect how taxpayers’ contributions are distributed to health care providers within the community.

“Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” is a Medicaid service group identified by a set of standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. For this report, billings were categorized by code, using label groupings and numerical ranges so related services could be totaled together while avoiding double counting and preserving accuracy over time.

Among Medicaid service types in Batavia, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment accounted for the highest total payments in 2024.

Statewide in Illinois, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category was the third largest by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Reviewing trends from five years before 2024, Batavia Medicaid claims for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment grew by $156,026, or 60.6%, with the largest year-over-year increases observed in 2020 and 2022.

Although Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment payments were billed across Batavia, payment activity was focused within a few ZIP codes. The 60510 ZIP code saw billings of $413,539 in 2024. This single ZIP code represented 100% of Batavia’s Medicaid payments classified under the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment group for that year.

Spending within this category was also concentrated among a select group of billing codes.

The 9.4% increase for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment payments between 2024 and 2023 trails the 22.9% overall growth across all Medicaid claim types in Batavia during this interval.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total Medicaid expenditures at the combined federal and state level reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. This accounted for about 18% of overall U.S. health expenditures and represents a substantial increase over 2019’s figure of about $613.5 billion before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The data shows roughly 40% growth over the past several years, due primarily to expanded Medicaid enrollment and increased service use during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget acts passed under the Trump administration made major changes to federal Medicaid funding and program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid outlays by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, while policies such as new work requirements and added cost-sharing are likely to restrict access and shift more financial responsibility onto state governments, even as millions rely on Medicaid coverage.

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.