In 2024, Medicaid providers in Reidsville billed a total of $3,239,743 for care within the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount reflected a 5.6% rise from 2023, when $3,066,611 in claims were made for the same services.
Medicaid is a health insurance program overseen by state governments and funded jointly by federal and state sources. It serves low-income families and individuals, children, seniors, and people with disabilities, and is one of the major elements of the nation’s health system.
Because Medicaid funding comes from taxpayers, fluctuations in billing amounts at the local level indicate how public health care resources are allocated within each community.
The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” designation includes a range of Medicaid-billed procedures identified by care type, using established HCPCS and CPT code categories. Each billing code used in this analysis was assigned to a single service group based on code prefixes and set ranges, which enabled comparison among service types and ensured accuracy over time by preventing double counting.
Alongside a rise in overall Medicaid spending in multiple categories, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies finished 2024 ranked second by total payments among all Medicaid-covered services in Reidsville.
Statewide in North Carolina, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies represented the eighth highest Medicaid spending category in 2024.
Over a five-year span ending in 2024, Medicaid payments for this category in Reidsville grew by $1,301,005, equal to a 67.1% increase. Periods of faster growth were observed in years like 2022 and 2021, with substantial annual increases recorded.
Although ambulance and transport service expenditures covered the entire city, spending was notably centralized in just a few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 27320 reported the highest Medicaid payment total for this category at $3,239,742, accounting for 100% of related Medicaid payments in Reidsville during the year.
Spending within the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies grouping was also heavily sorted among certain billing codes.
For comparison, Medicaid payments for this particular category in Reidsville rose by 5.6% from 2023 to 2024, compared to a 0.1% change in total Medicaid payments across all categories citywide over the same period.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported combined federal and state Medicaid spending at approximately $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023, which represented about 18% of all U.S. health expenditures and rose significantly from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This change amounts to about 40% growth in just several years, primarily due to increased enrollment numbers and higher utilization rates after and during the pandemic.
Recent federal budget acts passed during the Trump administration have included broad measures to reduce national Medicaid funding and change how the program is structured. An example is the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, which is expected to lower federal Medicaid expenditures by over $1 trillion across the next decade. It introduces requirements such as increased work obligations and higher out-of-pocket expenses, posing reductions in coverage and available funding for certain participants, shifting financial burden to states, and capping federal Medicaid growth, even as coverage continues for tens of millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1,938,738 | -29.3% |
| 2021 | $2,266,650 | 16.9% |
| 2022 | $2,671,332 | 17.9% |
| 2023 | $3,066,611 | 14.8% |
| 2024 | $3,239,742 | 5.6% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $4,926,294 | 25.8% |
| 2 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $3,239,742 | 16.9% |
| 3 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $2,714,675 | 14.2% |
| 4 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $2,676,673 | 14% |
| 5 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $2,388,906 | 12.5% |
| 6 | Evaluation and Management | $2,126,749 | 11.1% |
| 7 | Procedures / Professional Services | $350,785 | 1.8% |
| 8 | Enteral and Parenteral Therapy | $212,306 | 1.1% |
| 9 | Dental Services | $204,858 | 1.1% |
| 10 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $121,704 | 0.6% |
| 11 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $108,763 | 0.6% |
| 12 | Durable Medical Equipment | $46,497 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Surgery | $1,471 | <0.1% |
| 14 | Durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) | $640 | <0.1% |
| 15 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $463 | <0.1% |
| 16 | Temporary Codes | $403 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| A0120 | Noner transport mini-bus | $1,950,241 | 11 |
| A0130 | Noner transport wheelch van | $523,980 | 11 |
| A0429 | Bls-emergency | $400,888 | 13 |
| A0427 | Als1-emergency | $346,277 | 12 |
| A0998 | Ambulance response/treatment | $9,599 | 15 |
| A0428 | Bls | $6,554 | 11 |
| A0425 | Ground mileage | $2,200 | 11 |
| A0382 | Basic support routine suppls | $0 | 4 |
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.
