Medicaid spending for ambulance and transport services in Winslow rises 1% in 2024

Winslow Medicaid providers submitted $1,725,369 in 2024 for services designated as Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This figure represents a 1% rise from 2023, when $1,708,057 in claims were recorded for the same services.

Medicaid, administered by the states and financed by both federal and state governments, covers low-income people and families, seniors, children, and those with disabilities, making it a major component of the U.S. health care landscape.

Since Medicaid expenditures are taxpayer-funded, fluctuations in local billing reflect how public health care spending is managed within a community.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” classification encompasses Medicaid-reimbursed services grouped by care type, using standardized HCPCS and CPT code sets. Each billing code was allocated to a single service category for this review, applied through consistent prefixes and numeric intervals to group related services, avoiding duplicates and ensuring accurate rankings across years.

Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies was the second-highest category in Winslow for total Medicaid payments in 2024, as Medicaid expenditures grew in several categories.

Statewide in Arizona, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies ranked sixth in total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Between the five years leading up to 2024, Winslow’s Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies went up by $158,788, or 10.1%. Some years, including 2021 and 2022, saw particularly strong annual growth within the category.

While spending for these services occurred throughout Winslow, most payments were focused in a small set of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 86047 accounted for $1,725,368 in Medicaid spending for ambulance and transport, representing 100% of these payments in the city during the year.

Within this service category, a small group of billing codes made up the bulk of Medicaid payments.

To compare, Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Winslow increased 1% from 2023 to 2024, while overall Medicaid claims in the city saw an 18.2% change during that time.

Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show combined federal and state Medicaid spending was about $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023, making up around 18% of all national health expenditures and sharply higher than roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This uptick represents approximately 40% growth over just a few years, largely due to increased enrollment and greater usage during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget acts enacted under the Trump administration have included significant proposed reductions in federal Medicaid financing and program structure changes. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid funding over 10 years and implement measures such as work requirements and greater cost-sharing, potentially reducing coverage and funding for certain populations. These adjustments are likely to place a greater cost burden on states and limit federal Medicaid growth, even as the program continues covering 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.