Alcohol and drug abuse treatment Medicaid costs rise to $24,065 in Mariaville for 2024

In 2024, Mariaville Medicaid providers submitted $24,065 in claims for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This total reflects a 12.7% rise over 2023, when providers reported $21,345 in claims for the same service category.

Medicaid, a joint federal and state public health insurance program, provides coverage to low-income individuals, families, older adults, children, and people with disabilities. As one of the nation’s largest health care funding streams, Medicaid is a cornerstone of the U.S. system. See more details about Medicaid funding here.

Because taxpayers support Medicaid, fluctuations in local billing help illustrate how public health dollars are used within cities like Mariaville.

The “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment” category covers Medicaid-billed services grouped by type, based on standard HCPCS and CPT coding. For this analysis, each billing code was assigned to a specific service group using set code ranges and prefixes, helping ensure related services are aggregated correctly and not double-counted, while preserving time-based rank comparisons.

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment accounted for the highest Medicaid payments of any category in Mariaville for 2024, outpacing other service types.

Statewide in Maine, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment was the second-largest category by Medicaid payment amount for the year.

Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid payments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment in Mariaville grew by $24,065, amounting to a 0% total increase over the period. Spending increased notably in certain years, including consecutive growth in 2022 and 2023.

Although covered care in this category is available throughout Mariaville, payments were heavily concentrated in just a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 04605 accounted for $24,064 in claims, representing 100% of all Medicaid spending for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment in the city.

Only a small group of billing codes generated the majority of Medicaid payments within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment category.

Medicaid spending for this category increased by 12.7% between 2023 and 2024 in Mariaville, mirroring a 12.7% change seen across all Medicaid service types in the city during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, overall federal and state Medicaid outlays reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. This accounts for an estimated 18% of national health spending, up from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This represents roughly 40% growth in a few years, primarily driven by both increased enrollment and higher utilization during and in the wake of the pandemic.

Federal budget measures enacted under the Trump administration have included substantial proposals to limit Medicaid funding and redesign the program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is projected to decrease federal Medicaid funding by more than $1 trillion over 10 years. The legislation adds new requirements such as work mandates and greater cost sharing, which could cut coverage levels and resources for certain groups. These policies may require states to bear a greater portion of Medicaid funding responsibilities, even as the program provides coverage for millions.

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.