Medicaid spending for ambulance, transport services in Green Valley up 126% in 2024

In 2024, Green Valley Medicaid providers billed $78,332 for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending data shows. This represents a 126% jump compared with 2023, when $34,662 was billed for the same service type.

Medicaid is a state-administered, federally and state-funded public health insurance program. It serves low-income people, seniors, children and individuals with disabilities, making it a key part of the U.S. health care system. For more, see the program’s funding overview.

Because taxpayer dollars fund Medicaid, changes in local billing patterns reflect how public health resources are spent within a community.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” category comprises a set of Medicaid-billed services defined by care provided, relying on standard HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, each billing code was assigned to a discrete service category using detailed code prefixes and numerical ranges, enabling analysis of related services while avoiding overlap and ensuring consistent rankings over time.

While Medicaid outlays increased across various service categories, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies was the third-largest by total Medicaid payments in Green Valley in 2024.

Statewide, this category ranked sixth for total Medicaid payments across Arizona in 2024.

Over the five years before 2024, Medicaid spending on Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Green Valley rose by $75,601, or 2,768.2%. Certain years, such as 2021 and 2022, saw especially rapid growth in annual spending.

Though spending in this category was distributed citywide, Medicaid payments were primarily concentrated in a handful of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 85622 accounted for $78,332—the entirety of Medicaid payments for this service in Green Valley—representing 100% of the local spending for the year.

Payments in this category were also highly concentrated among specific billing codes.

For context, from 2023 to 2024, Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Green Valley rose 126%, while total Medicaid payments for all care categories in the city increased 22.2% over the same period.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that combined federal and state Medicaid spending was about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up around 18% of total U.S. health expenditures—up from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This represents an approximately 40% increase in just a few years, mainly attributed to expanded enrollment and increased utilization during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget actions under the Trump administration featured major proposals to reduce federal Medicaid support and restructure the program. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is projected to cut over $1 trillion from federal Medicaid spending during the next decade. The law introduces changes such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which could narrow coverage and lessen funding for certain beneficiaries. These measures are expected to shift greater costs to states and potentially restrict federal Medicaid outlays, despite the program’s continued service to 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.