Medicaid spending for ambulance and transport services in Newville reaches $14,514 in 2024

Newville health care providers submitted $14,514 in Medicaid billing for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in 2024, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. That amount reflects a 283.6% rise from 2023, when providers billed $3,784 for the same services.

Medicaid is a public insurance program financed by federal and state governments together and administered by states. It provides coverage for low-income families, seniors, children and people with disabilities, making it one of the largest components of the nation’s health system.

As taxpayer-supported payments, shifts in Medicaid spending at the local level reflect how public health resources are distributed in the community.

The Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category includes a set of Medicaid services defined by the type of care provided, grouped by standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. For this review, billing codes were organized into single service categories by using shared prefixes and numeric ranges, ensuring related services were evaluated together and avoiding double counting while maintaining accurate ranking data over time.

Medicaid spending rose in several categories, but Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies was the leading service type by payments in Newville for 2024.

Statewide, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies was Alabama’s sixth highest category for Medicaid spending in 2024.

Between 2019 and 2024, Newville’s Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies climbed by $13,219—or 1020.8%. The pace of growth quickened at different times, with significant annual jumps logged in 2020 and 2023.

Although payments for this category were made throughout Newville, the majority were concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 36353 received $14,513 in Medicaid payments connected to Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies. The top ZIP code represented 100% of these Medicaid payments in the city during the year.

Within the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, Medicaid spending was focused around a small number of billing codes.

To compare, Medicaid spending on Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Newville jumped 283.6% from 2023 to 2024, which was nearly identical to the overall increase of 283.5% across all Medicaid claim categories locally within the same time frame.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that federal and state Medicaid expenditures together reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, representing close to 18% of total national health spending. This is a significant jump from $613.5 billion in 2019, before COVID-19.

That marks a roughly 40% growth over several years, propelled by higher enrollment and greater service use during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures passed during the Trump administration contained major proposals to decrease federal Medicaid funding and alter how the program operates. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is projected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over a decade. It also introduces work requirements and increased cost-sharing, factors that could lead to less coverage and funding for some recipients. These policy shifts are expected to transfer additional costs to states and could slow the expansion of federal Medicaid payments, even as the program continues to cover tens of millions of Americans.

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.