Savanna sees $154,257 in Medicaid spending for ambulance and transport services in 2024

Medicaid providers in Savanna submitted $154,257 in claims for services categorized as Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in 2024, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents an 18.8% increase from 2023, when claim totals for the same category reached $129,884.

Medicaid, a joint federal and state public health insurance initiative, funded by both levels of government, covers individuals and families with lower incomes, as well as seniors, children, and people living with disabilities. This makes it a key element of the U.S. health care structure.

Because public dollars fund Medicaid, changes in local claims activity reveal how health care resources are spent within a community.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” group includes Medicaid-billed services organized by treatment type, using standardized HCPCS and CPT code sets. For analytical purposes, each billing code was placed under a specific service group using set code ranges and prefixes, allowing for detailed review without duplicated data and maintaining correct rankings over time.

Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies was the top category in Savanna by total Medicaid payments for 2024, reflecting overall spending increases across several services.

At the state level in Oklahoma, this same category ranked sixth in total Medicaid payments throughout 2024.

Considering the five years before 2024, Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Savanna rose by $154,257, or 0%. Certain intervals within that period showed notable year-over-year increases, notably in 2023 and 2022.

Although costs for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies were spread throughout the city, Medicaid payments were primarily concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 74565 accounted for $154,257, representing 100% of citywide Medicaid spending in this category during the year.

Payments for this service group were also focused among relatively few individual billing codes.

From 2023 to 2024, Savanna saw an 18.8% increase in Medicaid payments tied to the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, closely aligning with the 18.8% growth observed across all Medicaid claim categories for the city during this timeframe.

Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show federal and state Medicaid expenditures reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, accounting for nearly 18% of total U.S. health spending—an increase from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This jump is a growth of around 40% over a few years, largely stemming from higher enrollment and service demand during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget reforms under the Trump administration featured significant measures to trim federal Medicaid contributions and restructure program funding. Notably, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, has been projected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over a decade, adding requirements like work obligations and higher beneficiary cost-sharing. These measures may reduce coverage and shift financial responsibility to states, potentially curbing federal program growth even as Medicaid continues to serve tens of millions nationally.

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.