Medicaid expenditures for alcohol and drug abuse treatment total $18,321,773 in Matawan for 2024

Providers participating in Medicaid in Matawan billed $18,321,773 for services under the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category in 2024, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. That amount represents a 7% increase over 2023, when claims for the same group of services reached $17,122,033.

Medicaid is a public insurance system managed by individual states and jointly funded by the federal and state governments. It provides coverage for people with low incomes, families, children, seniors and those with disabilities, making it one of the nation’s largest health insurance sources.

Since Medicaid spending draws from taxpayer dollars, shifts in local billing can show how publicly funded health care resources are distributed throughout a community.

The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” category is made up of Medicaid-billed services grouped by the type of care delivered, organized through standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For analysis, each service code was placed into a single service group using unified code prefixes and designated number ranges, which keeps related services grouped together for comparison while avoiding duplication and ensuring consistency in rankings across different periods.

Although Medicaid expenditures went up for multiple service groups, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment was the top-ranked category in Matawan by total Medicaid payments during 2024.

Statewide in New Jersey, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category also led by total Medicaid expenditures in 2024.

Looking over the five-year span before 2024, Medicaid payments in Matawan linked to the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category increased by $16,290,862—an 802.1% rise. Growth accelerated at specific points, and especially significant annual increases occurred in 2022 and 2023.

Spending for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment was distributed citywide but heavily concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 07747 had the highest Medicaid payment total in this category, at $18,321,772. The leading ZIP code made up 100% of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment–linked Medicaid payments in Matawan for the year.

Within this category, Medicaid expenditures were also centralized within a small set of specific billing codes.

By comparison, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment–related Medicaid payments in Matawan advanced 7% between 2024 and 2023, versus a 3.1% change across all Medicaid claim types in the city in that same timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid outlays totaled roughly $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, about 18% of national health care expenses, a notable rise from the $613.5 billion figure seen in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This increase equals nearly 40% growth in just several years, largely due to higher enrollment and increased use of services during and after the pandemic period.

Recent national budget policy changes from the Trump administration featured sizable plans to lower federal Medicaid spending and reshape the program. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is set to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years and implements policies such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing—changes that could limit coverage and funding for some enrollees. These measures are anticipated to move additional costs to states and restrict the expansion of federal Medicaid funding even as the program maintains coverage for tens of millions of Americans.

Note: HCPCS codes are provided for reference within the category. All category totals and rankings for this article use standardized groupings—not individual billing codes.

The data for this article originates from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The source information can be accessed here.