Hawthorne’s Medicaid anesthesia billings reach $1,056,110 in 2024

Hawthorne’s Medicaid providers submitted claims totaling $1,056,110 for Anesthesia category services in 2024, according to information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented an 11.5% rise over 2023, when billings for this category reached $946,950.

Medicaid is a government health insurance initiative managed by the states and jointly funded by both federal and state governments. Serving low-income adults and families, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, it forms a major segment of the U.S. health system.

Because Medicaid relies on taxpayer funding, shifts in local billing amounts reflect changes in how public health resources are used throughout the community.

The “Anesthesia” category includes services billed to Medicaid according to the care type provided, guided by common HCPCS and CPT code groupings. This analysis assigned a service category to each billing code using consistent numerical ranges and prefixes, enabling like services to be grouped and ranked accurately by year without double counting.

While increases in Medicaid spending occurred in several categories, Anesthesia placed fifth in total Medicaid payments within Hawthorne for 2024.

Statewide in California, Anesthesia ranked eighth for Medicaid payments in 2024.

Over the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid payments related to Anesthesia in Hawthorne grew by $1,015,763—a rise of 2517.6%. This growth accelerated during some years, notably in 2020 and 2021.

Spending on Anesthesia services was citywide, but mostly focused in just a few ZIP codes during 2024. Specifically, the 90250 ZIP code logged $1,056,110 in Medicaid payments for this category, representing 100% of Hawthorne’s total Medicaid Anesthesia payments for the year.

Payments within the Anesthesia category were concentrated among a limited set of individual billing codes.

For perspective, Medicaid payments for Anesthesia services in Hawthorne increased by 11.5% from 2023 to 2024, whereas the aggregate change across all Medicaid claim categories locally during the same period was 19.7%.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenses totaled approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, amounting to roughly 18% of U.S. health expenditures—a significant increase from about $613.5 billion in 2019 before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This amount reflects an approximate 40% increase over several years, with expanded enrollment and more frequent utilization during and after COVID-19 being key contributors.

Under the Trump administration, recent federal budget measures have contained major proposals to lower federal Medicaid funding and modify its structure. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which became law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by over $1 trillion through the next decade, adding new policies such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing that may reduce benefits and funding for some individuals. These changes are anticipated to increase state financial responsibility and restrict federal Medicaid growth while the program continues to cover 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.