Medicaid providers in Marina del Rey billed $38,113 in 2024 for COVID-19 services

Providers in Marina del Rey submitted at least $38,113 in Medicaid claims associated with specific COVID-19 HCPCS codes in 2024, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program administered by the states and jointly funded by federal and state governments, covers low-income individuals, families, seniors, children and people with disabilities. This makes it one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system.

As Medicaid draws on taxpayer funding, trends in local billing levels illustrate how public health care dollars are distributed within communities.

For the analysis, services related to COVID-19 were identified through HCPCS codes designated or categorized as “COVID-19” or “coronavirus”-related within billing descriptions or reference datasets. Therefore, the totals represent only those services clearly labeled as COVID-related in billing and may not reflect care connected to the pandemic billed under other or broader medical codes.

San Jose led California for Medicaid payments attributed to COVID-19 services in 2024, totaling $5,601,479 in virus-related claims for comparison.

Cedars-sinai Marina Hospital was the sole provider in Marina del Rey submitting Medicaid claims for COVID-19–related services in 2024, the data indicates.

During the pandemic years, services explicitly linked to COVID-19 made up a notable portion of Medicaid spending growth in Marina del Rey.

Across all other claim types, total Medicaid payments increased by $2,543,441 from 2020 to 2024, a rise of 54.5%.

In the two years before the pandemic, average annual Medicaid payments in Marina del Rey were $1,988,192.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, representing about 18% of total national health expenditures, up sharply from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This nearly 40% increase over several years was primarily driven by higher enrollment and increased utilization during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures enacted under the Trump administration have introduced significant proposals for federal Medicaid funding reductions and program restructuring. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid spending over the coming decade and implement policies such as work requirements and greater cost-sharing. These changes could limit coverage and funding for certain beneficiaries, shifting additional costs to states despite the program continuing to serve tens of millions of Americans.

Note: Includes HCPCS codes explicitly labeled for COVID-19 services; totals do not represent all pandemic-related health care spending.

This article’s information comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The original source data is available here.