Elverson Medicaid spending on ambulance and transport services reaches $47,633 in 2024

Elverson Medicaid providers charged $47,633 for services categorized under Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in 2024, according to information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This reflects a 7.5% rise from 2023, when providers billed $44,295 for these services.

Medicaid is a state-run public insurance program jointly financed by both federal and state governments. Covering low-income individuals, families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, Medicaid forms a significant share of the U.S. health care system.

Given that Medicaid funding is sourced from taxes, fluctuations in local billing illustrate how community public health care funds are spent.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” classification includes a range of Medicaid-billed services identified by care type, standardized using HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this review, each billing code fits into one service category by applying set code prefixes and number ranges so that related services are analyzed collectively without overlap and ranking remains accurate with time.

Although payments increased for several Medicaid service groups, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies was the leading category in Elverson in 2024 by total Medicaid dollar amounts.

Statewide in Pennsylvania, the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies grouping held the sixth position in overall Medicaid payments for 2024.

In the five years ending in 2024, Elverson saw Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies rise by $46,013, or 2840.3%. This growth picked up pace at various points, notably during 2021 and 2023.

While these payments were distributed throughout the city, most funds were particularly concentrated in specific ZIP codes. In 2024, 19520 was the ZIP code generating all $47,633 of Elverson’s total Medicaid payments corresponding to this service category; it was the only ZIP code accounting for payments in this area for the year.

Most of the Medicaid spending in this group was tied to a small selection of billing codes.

Looking at growth, Elverson’s Medicaid payments linked to Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies increased by 7.5% from 2023 to 2024, while expenses across all Medicaid claim categories citywide grew by 10.2% during that period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid expenditures amounted to about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, representing around 18% of total U.S. health spending. This is up significantly from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This represents nearly 40% growth in federal and state Medicaid spending in just a few years, mainly attributed to increased enrollment and usage connected to the pandemic and the period after.

Recent federal legislation enacted during the Trump administration included efforts to narrow federal Medicaid outlays and change aspects of the program. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is projected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over ten years and adds policies like work requirements and higher cost-sharing for beneficiaries. These measures may shift program costs to state governments and could constrain the pace of federal support, even as coverage for millions remains in place.

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.