Ambulance and transport Medicaid payments in Grant Town reach $67,901 for 2024

In 2024, Grant Town Medicaid providers billed $67,901 for services under the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. That represented a 27.7% increase compared with 2023, when claims for the same services totaled $53,168.

Medicaid is a state-administered public health insurance program, jointly funded by state and federal governments, covering low-income people, families, children, seniors, and those with disabilities. The program remains one of the largest segments of the U.S. health care system.

Shifts in local Medicaid billing reflect how taxpayer-funded public health care dollars are spent in a given community.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” category comprises services classified by the care provided and determined by standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. For this reporting, billing codes were grouped under a single service category based on uniform prefixes and numeric ranges to prevent duplicate counting and ensure consistent rankings over time.

Among Medicaid service categories in Grant Town, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies ranked first in total payments for 2024.

Statewide, this category was the seventh-largest by Medicaid payment totals in West Virginia for 2024.

Medicaid payments linked to Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Grant Town climbed by $24,272, or 55.6%, in the five years before 2024. Certain years saw sharp increases, including notable year-over-year rises in 2022 and 2020.

Though spending in this category spanned the city, the bulk of Medicaid payments came from a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 26574 accounted for $67,901—the full sum paid for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Grant Town that year.

A few individual billing codes made up most Medicaid payments within the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category.

For context, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies payments in Grant Town rose by 27.7% from 2023 to 2024, mirroring a 27.7% jump across all Medicaid claim categories in the city during that period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, federal and state Medicaid spending totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, roughly 18% of total national health expenditures, up significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This rise represents a gain of about 40% in just a few years, mainly due to expanded enrollment and greater utilization around the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget measures signed during the Trump administration included proposals to reduce Medicaid funding and alter the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is set to reduce federal Medicaid funding by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, implementing work requirements and more cost-sharing, potentially cutting coverage for some beneficiaries. These changes are likely to place a greater financial responsibility on states and slow the expansion of federal Medicaid support while the program continues to serve 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.