Asbury Park Medicaid spending for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) hits $1,960,465 in 2024

In 2024, Asbury Park Medicaid providers billed $1,960,465 for services categorized as Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare), according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount reflects a 10.4% increase over 2023, when providers reported $1,776,541 in claims for these services.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program administered by the states and funded in partnership with federal and state governments, provides coverage to low-income families and individuals, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a major element of the U.S. health care system.

Because taxpayer dollars fund Medicaid, shifts in local billing provide insight into how public health funds are distributed throughout a community.

The “Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare)” group covers certain types of Medicaid-billed services defined by specific care provided, using HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this analysis, billing codes were assigned to one category based on consistent prefixes and numeric ranges, allowing related services to be combined while avoiding duplication and enabling accurate trend comparisons.

Although overall Medicaid expenditures rose in several categories, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) accounted for the second-highest total Medicaid payments in Asbury Park in 2024.

Statewide in New Jersey, Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) ranked fifth in Medicaid payment categories in 2024.

From 2020 through 2024, Medicaid payments attributed to the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) group in Asbury Park grew by $1,507,359, or 43.5%. There were pronounced increases during some periods, with significant year-over-year jumps recorded in 2020 and 2022.

Spending on Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) services was distributed across the city, but concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 07712 saw the highest Medicaid payments for this service category, totaling $1,960,464. The top ZIP code accounted for 100% of all Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Asbury Park during the year.

Within the category itself, most Medicaid payments were associated with a limited range of individual billing codes.

Between 2024 and 2023, Medicaid payments for Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) in Asbury Park increased by 10.4%, while payments across all Medicaid service categories in the city saw a 5.7% rise in the same timeframe.

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

This jump represents an increase of about 40% over several years, driven in large part by expanded enrollment and greater use during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget changes under the Trump administration proposed significant reductions in federal Medicaid outlays and restructuring of the program. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is anticipated to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending over a decade and introduces provisions such as work requirements and additional cost-sharing that may reduce coverage and funding for certain recipients. These policy changes are likely to shift further costs onto states and slow federal Medicaid funding growth, even as the program continues serving millions of Americans.

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.