Medicaid payments for ambulance and transport services in Mcarthur reached $104,834 in 2024

In Mcarthur, Medicaid providers submitted $104,834 in billings for services categorized as Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in 2024, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 128.9% rise over 2023, when claims for the same service type totaled $45,807.

Medicaid operates as a state-administered public health program, jointly financed by state and federal governments. It provides health insurance to low-income people and families, seniors, children and individuals with disabilities, forming one of the U.S. health system’s core components.

Since Medicaid is funded by taxpayers, fluctuations in local billing illustrate shifts in the distribution of public health resources at the community level.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” category comprises a collection of Medicaid-billed services defined by service type, using standardized HCPCS and CPT coding. In this analysis, every billing code was allocated to just one service group, using code prefixes and ranges as criteria. This method enables review of related services as a unified category, avoids duplicated counts and maintains accurate year-over-year rankings.

Among all examined service categories, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies had the highest total Medicaid payment amount in Mcarthur for 2024.

Statewide in Ohio, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies ranked 11th by Medicaid payments during 2024.

Looking at the five-year period ending in 2024, Medicaid payments in Mcarthur for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category climbed by $46,620, or 80.1%. The rate of growth accelerated in certain years, with marked increases observed in both 2020 and 2021.

Though ambulance and transport service spending occurred throughout Mcarthur, a small number of ZIP codes concentrated most Medicaid payments for this category. In 2024, ZIP code 45651 alone accounted for $104,833, making up 100% of all Medicaid payments in the city tied to Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies that year.

Most Medicaid payments within the category were further concentrated in just a few specific billing codes.

Comparatively, Medicaid spending for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category rose by 128.9% from 2023 to 2024, the same percentage seen across all Medicaid claim categories in Mcarthur during the period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in fiscal year 2023 combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures were about $871.7 billion, around 18% of all national health costs. That’s an increase from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This almost 40% growth in spending over a few years mainly resulted from broader enrollment and higher usage rates amid and after the pandemic.

Federal budget legislation passed under the Trump administration carried major proposals to reduce federal Medicaid spending and change its structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to trim over $1 trillion from federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, adding features like work requirements and more cost-sharing. These policies could result in less coverage and funding for certain beneficiaries, with a likely shift of additional costs and responsibility to states, even as Medicaid continues to provide for 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.