Brandon providers billed Medicaid $10,840 for Vision Services in 2024, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 5.4% rise over 2023, when $10,280 in claims for this category were submitted.
Medicaid, a public health insurance program operated by states and funded by both federal and state governments, provides coverage for low-income people, families, seniors, children and people with disabilities. It is among the largest components of the U.S. health care system.
Because Medicaid is publicly funded, fluctuations in billing show how a community allocates health care resources.
The “Vision Services” grouping comprises Medicaid-billed services defined by standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. For the purposes of this report, each billing code was grouped by consistent prefixes and numeric ranges into a single service category, ensuring similar services are evaluated together, avoiding double counting and keeping historical rankings accurate.
While Medicaid spending increased in several categories, Vision Services placed 10th in Brandon for total Medicaid payments in 2024.
Statewide, Vision Services was ranked 19th in Mississippi by total Medicaid payments for 2024.
During the five years before 2024, Medicaid payments for Vision Services in Brandon rose $3,904, or 56.3%. Periods of faster growth included significant annual increases logged in 2020 and 2021.
Spending under Vision Services was distributed citywide, but most payments were limited to a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 39042 accounted for $7,090 in Medicaid payments, and 39047 accounted for $3,750, with both ZIP codes making up 100% of all Medicaid payments in this service category for Brandon that year.
Within the Vision Services grouping, most Medicaid reimbursements centered on a few individual billing codes.
Vision Services Medicaid payments in Brandon increased 5.4% between 2024 and 2023, while all Medicaid payment categories in the city collectively changed by 14.8% over the same span.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled about $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023. This represented approximately 18% of total U.S. health spending and is a sharp increase from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This growth amounts to roughly 40% in just a few years, largely driven by increased enrollment and greater service use throughout and after the pandemic.
Recent federal budget measures during the Trump administration featured significant efforts to scale back federal Medicaid funding and change the way the program operates. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to cut federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over 10 years, and introduces work requirements and greater cost-sharing that could lower funding and eligibility for some enrollees. As a result, more financial responsibility may shift to states and the growth of federal Medicaid spending may slow, even as the program continues to assist millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6,935 | 65.5% |
| 2021 | $10,556 | 52.2% |
| 2022 | $10,394 | -1.5% |
| 2023 | $10,279 | -1.1% |
| 2024 | $10,840 | 5.5% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $9,154,038 | 39.7% |
| 2 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $5,915,088 | 25.6% |
| 3 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $5,259,742 | 22.8% |
| 4 | Evaluation and Management | $1,325,498 | 5.7% |
| 5 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $688,066 | 3% |
| 6 | Dental Services | $451,183 | 2% |
| 7 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $108,693 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $84,958 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Radiology Procedures | $65,218 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Vision Services | $10,840 | <0.1% |
| 11 | Surgery | $6,270 | <0.1% |
| 12 | Procedures / Professional Services | $6,073 | <0.1% |
| 13 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $196 | <0.1% |
| 14 | Temporary Codes | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| V2020 | Vision svcs frames purchases | $6,659 | 14 |
| V2100 | Lens spher single plano 4.00 | $3,264 | 6 |
| V2784 | Lens polycarb or equal | $493 | 2 |
| V2103 | Spherocylindr 4.00d/12-2.00d | $423 | 1 |
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.
