Medicaid payments for ambulance and transport services in Hastings reach $112,669 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Hastings billed $112,669 for services under the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. That figure represents an increase of 26.2% compared to 2023, when providers billed $89,279 for these services.

Medicaid, administered by states with federal and state funding in partnership, offers coverage for low-income adults and families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, making it a central component of the U.S. health system.

Ultimately, since Medicaid draws from taxpayers, changes in local billing show how community health care funds are distributed.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” group comprises a set of Medicaid-billed services determined by types of care using standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this analysis, each billing code matched exclusively to a specific service category via standard prefixes and numeric intervals, grouping similar services and maintaining accuracy in ranking and counts over time.

Multiple Medicaid service categories experienced spending increases, but Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies became the second-largest category in Hastings by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Across Pennsylvania, this category placed sixth in terms of Medicaid payment totals in 2024.

Looking over the five years ending in 2024, Hastings saw Medicaid payments for this service type climb by $109,273, or 3217.3%. The highest annual increases occurred in 2021 and 2022, accelerating the growth rate.

While payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies were made throughout the city, a few ZIP codes received the most funding. In 2024, ZIP code 16646 accounted for the entire $112,669 total. The top ZIP code made up 100% of all Medicaid payments tied to this category in Hastings for the year.

Most Medicaid spending in this category was attributed to a small set of individual billing codes.

By comparison, payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies rose 26.2% from 2023 to 2024, whereas overall Medicaid claims across service categories in the city rose by 8.2% over the same period.

Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show combined state and federal Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, representing approximately 18% of total national health care expenditures, up from $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This reflects roughly 40% growth over just a few years, largely driven by higher enrollment and increased utilization during and after the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have included plans to cut federal Medicaid funding significantly and alter program structures. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to trim more than $1 trillion from federal Medicaid allocations over a decade and bring in policies like work requirements and increased cost-sharing. These changes may reduce funding and coverage for certain beneficiaries, potentially shifting more of the financial burden to individual states even as millions continue to rely on the program.

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.