COVID-19–linked Medicaid claims in Baldwin Park surpassed $25,700 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid claims in Baldwin Park amounted to a minimum of $25,717 for services billed under HCPCS codes that specifically reference COVID-19, figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show.

Medicaid, a state-run public health insurance initiative, is funded through both federal and state sources. The program covers low-income individuals and families, seniors, children and people with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid uses public funds, shifts in community-level billing for the program provide insight into how public health care money is used.

This analysis classified COVID-19–related services according to HCPCS codes marked as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus” in their billing descriptions or reference resources. As such, these totals include only clearly identified COVID-related Medicaid claims and may not represent medical care connected to the pandemic billed under broader code categories.

San Jose, for context, led California in total COVID-19–related Medicaid payments in 2024, recording $5,601,479 in such claims.

Within Baldwin Park, three providers billed Medicaid for COVID-19–specific care in 2024. The most frequently billed—COVID-19 Vaccine Administration—resulted in $24,565 in Medicaid payments.

On average, each provider in Baldwin Park received $8,572 in Medicaid reimbursements for COVID-19–related services, below the California-wide average payment of $52,976 per provider.

During the pandemic, spending on services identified as COVID-19–specific contributed notably to overall Medicaid spending growth in Baldwin Park.

All other non-COVID Medicaid claim categories experienced growth of $16,064,806 from 2020 to 2024, which marks a 39.9% rise.

For comparison, before the pandemic, Baldwin Park’s average annual Medicaid spending was $16,803,806 over the preceding two years.

Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of all U.S. health spending, increasing significantly from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This growth—near 40% over several years—stems largely from greater enrollment numbers and higher usage throughout and following the pandemic.

Federal budget legislation passed during the Trump administration has included major moves to reduce Medicaid funding and reshape the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is set to shrink federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion in the coming decade, and brings policies such as work mandates and higher cost-sharing requirements that may cut coverage and funding for certain beneficiaries. These measures are expected to put greater financial responsibility on states and further restrict federal Medicaid expansion, even as the program remains essential for tens of millions of people nationwide.

Note: Includes only HCPCS codes explicitly for COVID-19; does not account for all pandemic-response medical spending.

The information in this report is based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Access the source dataset here.