Medicaid payments for Dental Services in Bunn reach $98,012 in 2024

Providers in Bunn submitted Medicaid claims totaling $98,012 for Dental Services in 2024, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 7.4% rise from 2023, when providers billed $91,300 for the same services.

Medicaid is a government health insurance program managed by the states and supported by both federal and state governments. The program offers coverage to low-income residents, seniors, children and those with disabilities, making it a central component of U.S. health care.

Because taxpayer funding supports Medicaid payments, local billing variations reflect how public health dollars are spent in specific communities.

The “Dental Services” category includes a range of Medicaid-billed procedures defined by the nature of care provided, organized according to standard HCPCS and CPT code ranges. The analysis grouped each billing code into a single service category using consistent prefixes and number spans, ensuring grouped services were accurately tracked, without duplicates, over time.

Dental Services was the leading category for Medicaid spending in Bunn during 2024, outpacing all other categories by total dollar amount.

Statewide in North Carolina, Dental Services was the ninth highest category of Medicaid payments in 2024.

Over the five years ending in 2024, Bunn saw its Medicaid Dental Services payments climb by $33,202, or 51.2%. Notable increases occurred in 2022 and 2021 as payment growth accelerated at certain intervals.

Dental Services spending in Bunn was distributed throughout the city; however, the majority went to a small group of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 27508 accounted for the full $98,012 tied to Dental Services, making up 100% of such payments in Bunn that year.

For this category, Medicaid claims were heavily weighted toward a select set of billing codes.

Comparatively, Dental Services payments in Bunn rose 7.4% between 2024 and 2023, while overall Medicaid claim categories in the city increased by 15.8% in the same span.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicaid spending from both federal and state sources reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, amounting to roughly 18% of total U.S. health expenditures, up significantly from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This constitutes an approximate 40% rise over several years, mainly because of greater enrollment and increased use during and after the pandemic.

Federal budget plans enacted during the Trump administration have introduced substantial federal Medicaid funding reductions and proposed restructuring. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which became law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over 10 years and brings in new policies such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which may lower both funding and coverage for some enrollees. These measures could lead states to shoulder more costs and tighten federal Medicaid expansion, while tens of millions of Americans continue to rely on the program.

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.