Medicaid dental claims jump to $11,094 in Allenstown for 2024

Allenstown Medicaid providers submitted $11,094 in claims for Dental Services in 2024, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represented a 422.3% rise over 2023, when $2,124 in Dental Services claims were recorded.

Medicaid, administered by states and funded jointly by federal and state governments, provides health coverage to low-income residents, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, making it a key component of U.S. health care.

Shifts in local Medicaid billing reflect how taxpayer-funded health resources are allocated in a given community.

The “Dental Services” class groups Medicaid charges based on specific care, compiling similar HCPCS and CPT billing codes by common prefixes and number ranges. Each code in this review was categorized once, combining related services while avoiding duplication to maintain accurate rankings.

With increases across multiple service areas, Dental Services was the third largest category in Allenstown by Medicaid payments in 2024.

In the broader state context, Dental Services placed as the eighth highest Medicaid spending category in New Hampshire for 2024.

From 2019 through 2024, Medicaid spending for Dental Services in Allenstown increased by $6,702, or 152.6%. Specific time periods, including 2020 and 2022, saw faster year-over-year increases in spending.

Dental Services claims in Allenstown in 2024 were concentrated in select ZIP codes, with the 03275 area accounting for all $11,094 in payments. This single ZIP code comprised 100% of Medicaid outlays in the Dental Services category for the year.

Payments in the Dental Services group also clustered around a few specific Medicaid billing codes.

For another perspective, payments tied to Dental Services in Allenstown increased by 422.3% from 2023 to 2024. This far exceeded the 44.5% increase across all billed Medicaid services in the city during that period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicaid federal and state spending combined totaled about $871.7 billion during fiscal year 2023, roughly 18% of all national health care expenditures. This figure increased sharply from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This represents a nearly 40% surge within a few years, spurred by expanded enrollment and greater service utilization during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget actions during the Trump administration brought significant proposed reductions to federal Medicaid funds and program restructuring. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which became law in 2025, is expected to decrease federal Medicaid expenditures by over $1 trillion over 10 years and add requirements that may reduce coverage and shift costs to states. Provisions such as work mandates and increased beneficiary cost-sharing could restrict future federal Medicaid growth even as enrollment remains high.

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.