Medicaid spending tops $384,000 for Ambulance and Other Transport Services in Warrenton in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Warrenton reported $384,323 in billing for services within the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represents a 10% rise over 2023, when claims for the same services totaled $349,436.

Medicaid is a state-operated health insurance program funded through federal and state resources. It provides coverage for low-income individuals and families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities, serving as a major segment of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid is taxpayer-funded, movements in billing show patterns in how public health care funds are distributed locally.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” section groups Medicaid claims based on particular types of care, structured by standardized HCPCS and CPT code ranges. For this report, billing codes were assigned to a single category by prefix and number, ensuring related services could be tracked together and ranked consistently without overlap.

Though Medicaid expenditures increased in various categories, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies placed third for total Medicaid payments in Warrenton in 2024.

Statewide in North Carolina, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies stood as the eighth largest category by total Medicaid payments for 2024.

During the five years before 2024, Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Warrenton rose by $338,864—a 745.4% increase. Growth was especially pronounced in select years, with marked annual jumps in 2021 and 2022.

Most of the spending for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category was linked to just a few ZIP codes within Warrenton. In 2024, one ZIP code—27589—represented all $384,323 in Medicaid payments for these services in the city, accounting for 100% of the category’s local Medicaid spending that year.

Medicaid disbursements for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category remained highly concentrated across specific billing codes.

When compared to overall Medicaid claims in Warrenton, payments for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies group rose by 10% from 2023 to 2024, surpassing the 6% increase observed across all claim categories in the city over the same time frame.

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

This uptick reflects nearly 40% growth within just a few years, mainly due to higher program enrollment and increased use of services linked to the pandemic and its aftermath.

Recent federal budget actions taken under the Trump administration have brought forward substantial plans to reduce federal Medicaid funding and change program structures. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is expected to lower federal Medicaid outlays by more than $1 trillion in the next decade, with added policies including work requirements and higher cost-sharing. These changes could shrink coverage and funding for certain groups, shift more costs to states, and rein in the expansion of federal Medicaid support—even as millions across the country remain covered.

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.