Pitman Medicaid spending on durable medical equipment reached $83,052 in 2024

Pitman Medicaid providers billed $83,052 for Durable Medical Equipment services in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 2.4% uptick compared with 2023, when $81,136 in claims were submitted for the same category.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program managed by states and financed by both federal and state governments. The program provides coverage for low-income households, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it one of the most prominent segments of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid is funded by taxpayers, shifts in local billing patterns help illustrate how a community’s health care dollars are spent.

The “Durable Medical Equipment” category groups Medicaid-billed services according to the care type, identified by standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. Each code was categorized to a single service area for this analysis, using uniform code prefixes and numeric ranges to keep related services together while eliminating double counting and maintaining accurate rankings over time.

Medicaid spending rose in numerous service groups, with Durable Medical Equipment ranking second in Pitman for total payments in 2024.

Statewide, Durable Medical Equipment ranked 12th in New Jersey for Medicaid spending in 2024.

Between the five years ending in 2024, Medicaid spending for Durable Medical Equipment in Pitman grew by $71,061, an increase of 592.6%. Growth was especially strong during certain years, with significant year-on-year jumps noted for 2021 and 2022.

Spending on Durable Medical Equipment was dispersed citywide, but a handful of ZIP codes saw the bulk of payments. For 2024, ZIP code 08071 accounted for all $83,052 in Medicaid payments for Durable Medical Equipment in Pitman, making up 100% of the category’s spending in the city for the year.

Within this category, Medicaid spending was further concentrated to a small number of specific billing codes.

To compare, Medicaid payments tied to Durable Medical Equipment rose by 2.4% from 2023 to 2024 in Pitman, as opposed to a 74.7% rise across all Medicaid claim categories in the city over that time.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report that joint federal and state Medicaid spending hit about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, covering about 18% of total national health expenditures—up sharply from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This spike reflects nearly 40% growth over several years, mainly due to increased enrollment and higher service use during and after the pandemic.

Federal budget legislation under the Trump administration included major proposals to cut federal Medicaid support and alter the program’s structure. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to slash over $1 trillion from federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, introducing measures like work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which could reduce services for some recipients. As a result, states are likely to shoulder more costs, with limited federal Medicaid expansion in the future even as the program continues to serve millions across the country.

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.