Templeton Medicaid spending on alcohol and drug abuse treatment rises 7.9% to $154,753 in 2024

Templeton Medicaid providers charged $154,753 for services identified in the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount is a 7.9% rise from 2023, when $143,412 was billed for similar services.

Medicaid is a state-managed public health insurance initiative funded through a partnership between federal and state governments. The program insures low-income individuals and families, seniors, children and people with disabilities, ranking as one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system.

Because Medicaid relies on taxpayer funding, shifts in local billing levels reflect how public health care spending is directed within a community.

The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” category includes a set of Medicaid-billed services defined by the specific care delivered, determined by standardized HCPCS and CPT code groups. For this review, each code was matched to a single service area using code prefixes and number ranges, which enabled grouping related services and maintaining accuracy over time without duplication.

Though Medicaid expenses grew across numerous categories, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment segment placed fifth in Templeton for total Medicaid billings for 2024.

Statewide, this category ranked fourth in California by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

During the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid billings associated with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment group in Templeton rose by $154,753, or 0%. Some periods saw more pronounced annual gains, with notable growth recorded in both 2022 and 2023.

While spending on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services was seen throughout Templeton, most payments were concentrated in a small cluster of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 93465 generated $154,753 in Medicaid payments for these services. The leading ZIP code accounted for 100% of all Templeton Medicaid billings in this category for the year.

Within this category, Medicaid payments also tended to cluster among a small set of individual billing codes.

For comparison, Medicaid-funded Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services in Templeton increased by 7.9% between 2024 and 2023; across all Medicaid claim categories in the city, the change was 14.8% over the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid costs reached around $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year—roughly 18% of national health expenditures—marking a sharp rise from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This marks roughly 40% growth over a few years, primarily due to increased enrollment and greater health care utilization during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget decisions enacted during the Trump administration have outlined major changes that would reduce federal Medicaid financing and alter program structure. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is expected to cut over $1 trillion from federal Medicaid spending over 10 years, introducing policies such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing that may decrease coverage and funding for some recipients. These new rules are anticipated to shift more expenses to states and curb the growth of federal Medicaid support, even as the program continues to serve tens of millions nationwide.

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.