# Medicaid spending in United States

Medicaid spending in United States was $931.69 billion in 2024. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.

- Indicator id: `health_expenditure_medicaid_usd`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: US national health expenditure paid by Medicaid (Title XIX), federal and state and local funds combined, including its administration, in USD million. Excludes CHIP. Medicaid began in 1966.
- Note: Part of national health expenditure (national_health_expenditure_usd), at current prices. CMS revises earlier years with each annual release.
- Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, type of service and source of funds: total national health expenditures paid by Medicaid (Title XIX), millions, calendar years from 1960 (https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: Public domain (US government work, 17 USC 105)
- Citation: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group. CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, type of service and source of funds: total national health expenditures paid by Medicaid (Title XIX), millions, calendar years from 1960. https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/medicaid-spending/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=health_expenditure_medicaid_usd&place=us

| Period | USD million |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 931,692 |
| 2023 | 873,681 |
| 2022 | 809,899 |
| 2021 | 738,064 |
| 2020 | 672,504 |
| 2019 | 615,388 |
| 2018 | 596,795 |
| 2017 | 578,795 |
| 2016 | 564,869 |
| 2015 | 542,995 |
| 2014 | 498,214 |
| 2013 | 444,981 |
| 2012 | 422,783 |
| 2011 | 406,797 |
| 2010 | 397,425 |
| 2009 | 374,709 |
| 2008 | 344,397 |
| 2007 | 325,856 |
| 2006 | 306,680 |
| 2005 | 309,351 |
| 2004 | 290,743 |
| 2003 | 268,965 |
| 2002 | 248,022 |
| 2001 | 224,136 |
| 2000 | 200,367 |
| 1999 | 183,466 |
| 1998 | 169,013 |
| 1997 | 160,849 |
| 1996 | 152,170 |
| 1995 | 144,862 |
| 1994 | 134,414 |
| 1993 | 122,373 |
| 1992 | 108,186 |
| 1991 | 93,211 |
| 1990 | 73,661 |
| 1989 | 61,952 |
| 1988 | 55,080 |
| 1987 | 50,339 |
| 1986 | 45,383 |
| 1985 | 40,937 |
| 1984 | 38,233 |
| 1983 | 35,266 |
| 1982 | 32,011 |
| 1981 | 30,307 |
| 1980 | 26,032 |
| 1979 | 22,332 |
| 1978 | 19,465 |
| 1977 | 17,464 |
| 1976 | 15,188 |
| 1975 | 13,446 |
| 1974 | 11,073 |
| 1973 | 9,423 |
| 1972 | 8,314 |
| 1971 | 6,695 |
| 1970 | 5,290 |
| 1969 | 4,174 |
| 1968 | 3,541 |
| 1967 | 3,141 |
| 1966 | 1,304 |