Ambulance and transport services see $5,188 in Medicaid payments in Mesa for 2024

In 2024, Mesa Medicaid providers submitted $5,188 in claims for services in the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, per data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represents a 109.5% increase compared to 2023, when providers billed $2,476 for the same services.

Medicaid, a public health insurance system managed by individual states and co-funded by both state and federal governments, provides coverage to low-income residents, seniors, children and people with disabilities, making it a major part of U.S. health care.

Since Medicaid is publicly funded, fluctuations in local billing reflect how health care resources from taxpayers are used within communities.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” grouping encompasses Medicaid-billed services determined by type of care and based on established HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this analysis, each billing code was assigned to a single service group using consistent prefixes and code ranges. This method enables related services to be reviewed together, avoids duplicate counts and maintains accurate rankings through time.

Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies led all Medicaid service categories in Mesa by total payments in 2024, even as spending climbed in other categories as well.

In Washington overall, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies was seventh by total Medicaid payments in 2024.

From 2019 through 2024, Medicaid payments for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category in Mesa grew by $2,028, or 64.2%. This included accelerated growth during certain years, with significant increases year over year in 2021 and 2022.

The amount paid within Mesa for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies was spread throughout the city but primarily concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, the top ZIP code—99343—received $5,187, accounting for 100% of all Medicaid payments within this service category for the year in Mesa.

Within this service category, only a select group of billing codes accounted for most of the Medicaid payments.

Comparing year to year, Mesa’s Medicaid payments for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category rose 109.5% between 2023 and 2024, closely matching the increase recorded across all Medicaid claim categories in the city over that timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total spending for Medicaid from federal and state sources was nearly $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, representing about 18% of all U.S. health expenditures. This is up sharply from the $613.5 billion spent in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This increase of about 40% over several years is primarily attributed to higher enrollment and increased use following the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have brought forward major proposals to cut federal Medicaid support and adjust its structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to reduce federal Medicaid funding by over $1 trillion over the next decade. The law includes policy shifts such as new work requirements and greater cost-sharing that may decrease coverage and funding for affected beneficiaries. As a result, states are expected to shoulder more costs while federal growth slows, even as the program continues to serve tens of millions nationwide.

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.