In 2024, Swedesboro Medicaid providers reported $1,177,803 billed for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database data show. This amount was a 418.2% jump compared to 2023, when Medicaid claims for this care totaled $227,289.
Medicaid is a government health insurance initiative overseen by states and funded through a partnership between federal and state governments. The program serves low-income individuals and families, seniors, children and those with disabilities, making it one of the largest segments of the U.S. health care system.
Since Medicaid spending is financed by taxpayers, changes in local billing levels spotlight how health care costs are spread across a community.
The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” classification includes Medicaid-billed services based on the type of care, using standardized HCPCS and CPT coding groups. Each claim for this review was sorted into a single service category by following uniform code prefixes and numbers, supporting comparison and preventing double counting for yearly ranking purposes.
Medicaid spending grew in multiple areas, but Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment had the highest payment total among Swedesboro categories in 2024.
Statewide in New Jersey, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment also recorded the highest total Medicaid payments that year.
For the five years before 2024, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Medicaid spending in Swedesboro rose by $1,177,803, equivalent to 0%. Growth in expenditures was especially notable in certain years, with marked annual gains seen in 2023 and 2022.
While Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment funding was utilized citywide, payments concentrated heavily in only a few ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 08085 carried $1,177,803 in Medicaid payments linked to this care. The top 1 ZIP codes comprised all Medicaid spending categorized under Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment for the city that year.
Most Medicaid payments within this service group clustered among a small set of individual billing codes.
Comparatively, Swedesboro’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Medicaid payments surged 418.2% from 2023 to 2024, whereas all Medicaid claim types citywide grew 138.9% over the same time period.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that federal and state Medicaid outlays reached roughly $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023, making up an estimated 18% of the country’s overall health spending. That’s up sharply from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before COVID-19.
This jump is about 40% in just a few years, attributed to rising enrollment and increased use both during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal budget actions under the Trump administration have featured major Medicaid restructuring steps. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is expected to cut federal Medicaid payments by more than $1 trillion over the next decade and implement policy changes such as recipient work requirements and higher cost-sharing. These moves could result in reduced funding and coverage for some, shifting greater costs to the states even as the program remains vital for tens of millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $92,332 | -99.7% |
| 2023 | $227,289 | 146.2% |
| 2024 | $1,177,803 | 418.2% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $1,177,803 | 73% |
| 2 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $326,932 | 20.3% |
| 3 | Dental Services | $54,456 | 3.4% |
| 4 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $54,141 | 3.4% |
| 5 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $53 | <0.1% |
| 6 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $0 | <0.1% |
| 6 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2016 | Comp comm supp svc, per diem | $539,796 | 8 |
| H2021 | Com wrap-around sv, 15 min | $404,547 | 12 |
| H0036 | Comm psy face-face per 15min | $163,804 | 6 |
| H2014 | Skills train and dev, 15 min | $69,654 | 5 |
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.
