Medicaid providers in Mayfield report $25,785 spent on ambulance and transport services in 2024

Mayfield Medicaid providers billed $25,785 for services grouped under 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. This total reflects a 17.5% rise compared to 2023, when providers billed $21,936 for the same service category.

Medicaid, a public health insurance initiative administered by the states and funded jointly by federal and state governments, provides coverage for low-income people, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, and is a major component of the U.S. health care system.

Because taxpayer revenue supports Medicaid payments, shifts in local billing amounts highlight how communities allocate public health funds.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” group consists of Medicaid-billed services determined by the care provided, based on standardized HCPCS and CPT code clusters. For this analysis, billing codes were placed into a single category using consistent prefixes and numeric patterns, which enabled the examination of related services together while preventing duplicate counting and maintaining accurate year-to-year rankings.

Medicaid outlays increased across different service groupings, but Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies was the top-ranking category in Mayfield by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

For Pennsylvania as a whole, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies ranked sixth in total Medicaid payments statewide in 2024.

Looking at the five years up to 2024, Mayfield’s Medicaid expenditures in the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category increased by $25,785, or 0%. Spending growth picked up during certain periods, with significant year-over-year gains documented in 2023 and 2022.

While these expenditures spanned Mayfield, most payments were linked to a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 18433 accounted for $25,785 in Medicaid payments associated with this category. The top ZIP code comprised 100% of the total Medicaid spending tied to Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in the city for the year.

Within the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, Medicaid payments were largely concentrated in a small subset of billing codes.

Comparatively, Medicaid payments in this category in Mayfield climbed 17.5% between 2024 and 2023, while the total for all Medicaid claim categories in the city grew by 0.3% over the same time span.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data shows that combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached approximately $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023, making up roughly 18% of total national health outlays. This is a significant rise from nearly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This growth—about 40% over just a few years—has been driven in large part by increased enrollment and greater use of services during and following the pandemic.

Recent federal budget actions during the Trump administration contain major proposals to cut federal Medicaid funding and alter the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed into law in 2025, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by more than $1 trillion over the coming decade, introducing measures such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing. These policies may reduce coverage and funding for some Medicaid recipients, shifting additional financial responsibility to states, even as the program serves tens of millions of people nationwide.

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.