Ambulance and transport Medicaid spending totals $107,743 in Talihina for 2024

Providers in Talihina billed Medicaid $107,743 for services listed under Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in 2024, based on data reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 22.6% jump from 2023, when $87,882 was billed for the same services.

Medicaid, administered by each state and funded with both federal and state dollars, is a major component of the U.S. health care structure, providing coverage to low-income residents, families, the elderly, children, and individuals with disabilities.

Since Medicaid spending is financed by taxpayers, shifts in community billing highlight how these public resources are distributed.

The classification “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” encompasses services grouped using standardized HCPCS and CPT coding. Each billing code for this analysis was consistently placed into a single service group using defined prefixes and number ranges, ensuring related services are counted together without overlap and rankings remain accurate over time.

Multiple Medicaid service groups saw increased spending, with Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies ranking third by total payments in Talihina in 2024.

Statewide, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies placed sixth in Oklahoma by total Medicaid expenditures that same year.

From 2019 to 2024, Medicaid dollars allocated to the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category in Talihina rose by $107,743, a change of 0%. Spending gains accelerated at several points, particularly during 2022 and 2023.

Although ambulance and transport services were billed citywide, most Medicaid payments were centered in a small set of ZIP codes. The highest concentration in 2024 was in ZIP code 74571, which accounted for $107,743. This single ZIP was responsible for 100% of the year’s Medicaid billing for the category in Talihina.

Within Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies, most Medicaid spending was tied to a narrow group of billing codes.

In Talihina, the 22.6% increase in 2024 Medicaid payments for ambulance and transport services outpaced the 19.6% growth seen across all Medicaid categories locally over the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, overall state and federal Medicaid expenditures climbed to about $871.7 billion during fiscal year 2023. This made up about 18% of total national health care expenditures, up significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019 before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This increase is roughly 40% over the prior few years, mainly due to expanded enrollments and increased service use during and after the pandemic.

Recent congressional budget laws enacted under the Trump administration propose substantial reductions to federal Medicaid funding as well as a program overhaul. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in 2025, is expected to lower federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over ten years and institutes requirements such as mandatory work participation and larger cost-sharing. These approaches could lower coverage and federal financial support for some recipients, shift financial responsibility toward states, and slow future gains in federal Medicaid commitments as the program continues to insure tens of millions nationwide.

Note: HCPCS codes are provided to show context for the category. The total amounts and rankings reported here reflect makeup based on grouped services, not individual codes.

Source for this reporting: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. Find the stated data here.