Medicaid Ambulance and Other Transport Services payments in Ebensburg reach $114,299 in 2024

In 2024, Ebensburg Medicaid providers collected $114,299 for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 56.3% increase versus 2023, when claims for the same services reached $73,151.

Medicaid, funded jointly by federal and state governments and managed by states, insures seniors, children, individuals with disabilities and low-income families—making it a key part of the nation’s health care infrastructure.

Because taxpayer funding underpins Medicaid payments, fluctuations in local billing reflect how community health care resources are spent.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” classification encompasses several Medicaid-covered services, grouped according to standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. In this analysis, each billing code was sorted into one service category using consistent numeric groupings and prefixes to keep services separated in totals, avoid double counting, and allow for year-over-year rankings.

Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies stood as the second-largest Medicaid payment category in Ebensburg in 2024, though other service types also saw spending gains.

At the state level, this category ranked sixth among Medicaid spending categories in Pennsylvania in 2024.

From 2019 through 2024, Ebensburg saw Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies surge by $103,539—a 962.2% gain. Rapid spending growth was particularly marked during certain intervals, including notable increases in both 2021 and 2023.

Although Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies spending spanned the city, the majority of Medicaid dollars were billed in a small number of ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 15931 accounted for $114,298 in claims—reflecting 100% of the city’s Medicaid payments in this category that year.

Within this category, Medicaid reimbursements were also concentrated among a few specific billing codes.

Between 2024 and 2023, Ebensburg Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies rose by 56.3%. This compares with a 67.8% rise across all Medicaid categories in the city during that period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid spending climbed to about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, which represented around 18% of all U.S. health expenditures—up significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

This represents almost 40% growth in a few years, primarily due to rising enrollment and expanded use of services during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budgeting legislation enacted under the Trump administration included substantial proposals that could alter Medicaid’s framework. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is set to reduce federal Medicaid funding by over $1 trillion over the coming decade, and adds new requirements, such as work mandates and higher cost sharing, which could limit coverage and federal funding for some enrollees. States are expected to bear more of the fiscal burden due to these changes, potentially slowing future federal Medicaid support even as 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.