In 2024, Redlands Medicaid providers submitted $11,418,588 in claims for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies, according to data provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented an 11% rise from 2023, when $10,286,625 was billed for the same type of Medicaid service.
Medicaid, a public health insurance initiative managed by states and funded through a combination of federal and state dollars, covers seniors, low-income families and individuals, children and those with disabilities. It stands as one of the United States’ largest health care programs.
Because Medicaid is taxpayer funded, shifts in local billing figures reflect how community public health dollars are utilized.
The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” category encompasses Medicaid services defined by care type using established HCPCS and CPT coding. For this reporting, unique codes were consistently grouped into single service categories, allowing analysis of related services over time without duplication while maintaining accurate rankings.
While spending climbed for various categories, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies ranked third among all Medicaid payment categories in Redlands for 2024.
At the state level in California, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies was the ninth largest Medicaid payment category overall in 2024.
Looking back over the five years through 2024, Medicaid-related payments for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category in Redlands were up by $3,644,634, or 46.9%. Some years recorded especially strong growth, with substantial year-over-year increases reported in both 2023 and 2022.
Although Medicaid spending for this category was recorded citywide, most payments were concentrated within a few ZIP codes. In 2024, the 92373 ZIP code accounted for all reported Medicaid payments in the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, totaling $11,418,587 and making up 100% of city payments for this category that year.
Additionally, Medicaid payments for ambulance and transport services in Redlands were clustered among a small portion of individual billing codes.
To compare, payments within this Medicaid category in Redlands rose 11% from 2023 to 2024, while overall Medicaid claim categories in the city combined rose by 18% during the same time span.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that joint federal and state Medicaid spending hit around $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of national health outlays—a sizeable increase from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019 ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The gain equals around 40% growth over just a few years, primarily fueled by increasing enrollment and higher service utilization during and after the pandemic period.
Recent federal budgets passed during the Trump administration have included major changes to reduce Medicaid funding and restructure the program at the federal level. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is estimated to trim over $1 trillion from federal Medicaid spending over ten years and bring in measures such as work requirements and higher cost-sharing—changes projected to limit federal support and coverage, shifting more financial responsibility to states while the program continues to serve tens of millions.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $7,773,954 | 4.6% |
| 2021 | $7,912,090 | 1.8% |
| 2022 | $8,623,340 | 9% |
| 2023 | $10,286,625 | 19.3% |
| 2024 | $11,418,587 | 11% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evaluation and Management | $38,678,507 | 32.6% |
| 2 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $25,080,588 | 21.1% |
| 3 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $11,418,587 | 9.6% |
| 4 | Surgery | $6,638,230 | 5.6% |
| 5 | Procedures / Professional Services | $6,529,647 | 5.5% |
| 6 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $5,250,347 | 4.4% |
| 7 | Radiology Procedures | $4,828,115 | 4.1% |
| 8 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $4,326,071 | 3.6% |
| 9 | Durable Medical Equipment | $3,738,797 | 3.1% |
| 10 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $3,642,153 | 3.1% |
| 11 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $2,475,967 | 2.1% |
| 12 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $1,639,292 | 1.4% |
| 13 | Dental Services | $1,207,764 | 1% |
| 14 | Anesthesia | $811,195 | 0.7% |
| 15 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $690,050 | 0.6% |
| 16 | Orthotic Procedures and services | $480,598 | 0.4% |
| 17 | Durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) | $472,971 | 0.4% |
| 18 | Outpatient PPS | $396,873 | 0.3% |
| 19 | Prosthetic Procedures | $366,443 | 0.3% |
| 20 | Temporary Codes | $81,622 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Chemotherapy Drugs | $14,679 | <0.1% |
| 22 | Administrative, Miscellaneous and Investigational | $9,190 | <0.1% |
| 23 | Pathology and Laboratory Services | $7,546 | <0.1% |
| 24 | Vision Services | $7,024 | <0.1% |
| 25 | Enteral and Parenteral Therapy | $0 | <0.1% |
| 25 | Screening Procedures | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| A0427 | Als1-emergency | $6,925,924 | 24 |
| A0429 | Bls-emergency | $1,701,050 | 23 |
| A0425 | Ground mileage | $1,588,243 | 24 |
| A0428 | Bls | $575,885 | 11 |
| A0426 | Als 1 | $269,692 | 11 |
| A0434 | Specialty care transport | $191,514 | 10 |
| A0433 | Als 2 | $77,685 | 11 |
| A0422 | Ambulance 02 life sustaining | $60,561 | 22 |
| A0999 | Unlisted ambulance service | $16,608 | 11 |
| A0420 | Ambulance waiting 1/2 hr | $8,333 | 9 |
| A0130 | Noner transport wheelch van | $3,087 | 1 |
Note: HCPCS codes are provided to illustrate how services are categorized. Totals and rankings are determined by standard service groupings not by individual billing codes.
Source for information in this story: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. The full source data is available here.
