Stoutsville Medicaid outlays for ambulance, transport services reach $4,338 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers billed $4,338 in Stoutsville for services grouped under the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This figure represents a 1722.7% increase over 2023, when $238 in claims were submitted for the same service group.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program administered by states with joint funding from federal and state governments . The program covers low-income adults and children, seniors, and people with disabilities, ranking among the largest components of the U.S. health care system.

Fluctuations in Medicaid billing at the local level reflect how publicly funded health care dollars are distributed within a community, since Medicaid finances come from taxpayers.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” grouping covers Medicaid-billed services by care type, based on uniform HCPCS and CPT coding. For this analysis, all billing codes were assigned to a service group by employing consistent code prefixes and number ranges—helping track related services together and ensuring accurate trends and rankings.

Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies received the highest total Medicaid payments of any category in Stoutsville for 2024, as multiple service categories saw growth in spending.

Statewide, the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category ranked 11th in total payments in Ohio during 2024.

Over the five years leading up to 2024, Medicaid payments associated with Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Stoutsville grew by $3,302, an increase of 318.8%. Periods of rapid spending growth were observed in specific years, including 2020 and 2022.

While services in this category were available citywide, payments largely originated from a small set of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 43154 accounted for $4,338, representing 100% of Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Stoutsville.

Most Medicaid spending within this service group was tied to a select few billing codes.

For comparison, Medicaid payments for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies group in Stoutsville increased by 1722.7% from 2023 to 2024, in line with the percentage change across all Medicaid claim categories within the city during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures totaled approximately $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023, accounting for about 18% of all national health spending, a significant jump from about $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This change marks growth of nearly 40% over several years, fueled largely by rising enrollment and increased use of Medicaid during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have incorporated major proposals to reduce federal Medicaid spending and alter program structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, projects more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid cuts across a decade, adding requirements like work mandates and higher cost-sharing that could reduce funding or coverage for certain participants. As a result, more costs are likely to shift to states, limiting the expansion of federal Medicaid aid as the program continues to cover tens of millions.

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.