Colorado Medicaid pays $47,814,909 for Enteral and Parenteral Therapy services in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid payments in Colorado for services under the Enteral and Parenteral Therapy category reached $47,814,909, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This total was 2.5% higher than in 2023, when providers billed $46,670,552 for similar services.

Medicaid is a state-administered health insurance initiative that receives joint support from both federal and state governments. The program provides coverage for low-income populations, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it a major element in the U.S. health system.

Since Medicaid funding originates from taxpayers, fluctuations in community billing reflect shifts in the allocation of public health care dollars.

The “Enteral and Parenteral Therapy” category includes a collection of services billed through Medicaid, defined by care type and organized according to standardized HCPCS and CPT code groups. For this assessment, each code is assigned a single service category based on uniform code prefixes and ranges, helping group related services for accurate analysis without double counting.

Some categories encompass several underlying service types. When this occurs, the category combines similar care methods that providers typically bill together, such as diagnostic testing, office visits, or related therapeutic treatments.

Over the five years prior to 2024, Medicaid payments related to the Enteral and Parenteral Therapy category in Colorado rose by $6,149,851, amounting to a 14.8% increase. This spending grew more rapidly at certain points, with pronounced increases in 2020 and 2023.

While these payments were distributed throughout the state, the majority were concentrated in a handful of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP Code 80239 received $23,122,813 (48.4% of the total), followed by ZIP Code 80538 with $5,713,453 (11.9%), and ZIP Code 80011 with $3,372,636 (7.1%).

Together, these top three ZIP codes represented 67.4% of all Medicaid payments for the Enteral and Parenteral Therapy category in Colorado during the year.

For context, Medicaid payments for all claim categories statewide grew 2.7% between 2023 and 2024.

Although spending increased across several categories, Enteral and Parenteral Therapy remained among the top 10 Medicaid service categories in Colorado by total payments in 2024.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state spending on Medicaid reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, representing close to 18% of the nation’s total health expenditures, a significant rise from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This change marks an increase of around 40% in only a few years, mostly propelled by higher enrollment and greater utilization during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have included significant suggestions to decrease federal Medicaid spending and alter the program’s structure. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is projected to cut federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the following decade. This legislation also establishes work requirements and increased cost-sharing, potentially narrowing funding and coverage for some recipients. These adjustments are expected to increase states’ financial responsibilities and curb federal growth, even as Medicaid continues to support tens of millions of Americans.

Information in this article was derived from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The original data is available here.