Medicaid providers in Artesia submitted $3,936,808 in charges for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in 2024, figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. This amount represents a 16% uptick from 2023, when claims for these services totaled $3,394,623.
Medicaid, a state-administered public health insurance program jointly funded by federal and state governments, provides coverage for low-income residents, children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities, remaining a major segment of the U.S. health care system. More details on Medicaid funding are available from the Commonwealth Fund.
Since Medicaid is financed through tax revenue, shifts in local billing offer insight into how public health care dollars are spent within a community.
The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” classification groups Medicaid-billed care according to standardized HCPCS and CPT code categories. This analysis assigned each billing code to one service category based on established code prefixes and number ranges, enabling the study of related services, elimination of double counts, and maintenance of consistent rankings over time.
Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies was the highest-ranked Medicaid payment category in Artesia by total spending in 2024, while Medicaid expenditures also increased for other services.
Statewide, this category ranked fifth in New Mexico for overall Medicaid payments in 2024.
Over the five years preceding 2024, Medicaid spending linked to Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Artesia rose by $3,238,175, equal to a 463.5% increase. Periods of accelerated growth included 2021 and 2020, which saw strong year-to-year jumps.
Spending under this category was spread throughout Artesia but was largely concentrated in a small number of ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 88210 accounted for $3,936,808 in related Medicaid payments. This top ZIP code represented 100% of all Medicaid spending in Artesia for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies that year.
Most Medicaid payments in this service area were linked to a small set of specific billing codes.
To compare, while claims for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies rose by 16% from 2023 to 2024, overall Medicaid payments across all claim categories in Artesia increased by 3.6% in the same timeframe.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid outlays totaled about $871.7 billion in fiscal 2023, amounting to approximately 18% of all U.S. health spending, which increased substantially from roughly $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 emergency.
This reflects a rise of about 40% within several years, fueled chiefly by increased enrollment and greater service use during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recent federal budget laws enacted under the Trump administration have brought major proposals to shrink federal Medicaid spending and alter its structure. For example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is expected to cut over $1 trillion in federal Medicaid expenditures over the next 10 years, implementing policies like work requirements and higher cost-sharing, which may decrease coverage and funding for some participants. These policy changes are likely to shift more financial responsibility to states and slow the expansion of federal Medicaid aid, while the program continues to insure millions of Americans.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $698,633 | 71% |
| 2021 | $1,721,928 | 146.5% |
| 2022 | $2,187,874 | 27.1% |
| 2023 | $3,394,623 | 55.2% |
| 2024 | $3,936,808 | 16% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $3,936,808 | 33% |
| 2 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $2,575,626 | 21.6% |
| 3 | Evaluation and Management | $2,303,346 | 19.3% |
| 4 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $1,807,245 | 15.2% |
| 5 | Radiology Procedures | $419,642 | 3.5% |
| 6 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $337,288 | 2.8% |
| 7 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $144,752 | 1.2% |
| 8 | Dental Services | $123,091 | 1% |
| 9 | Surgery | $108,404 | 0.9% |
| 10 | Temporary Codes | $71,082 | 0.6% |
| 11 | Procedures / Professional Services | $67,730 | 0.6% |
| 12 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $14,603 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $13,531 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Vision Services | $842 | <0.1% |
| 15 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $0 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| A0431 | Rotary wing air transport | $1,123,614 | 11 |
| A0436 | Rotary wing air mileage | $1,108,049 | 11 |
| A0430 | Fixed wing air transport | $1,064,555 | 10 |
| A0435 | Fixed wing air mileage | $505,364 | 10 |
| A0429 | Bls-emergency | $118,202 | 10 |
| A0427 | Als1-emergency | $11,857 | 2 |
| A0425 | Ground mileage | $5,164 | 8 |
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.
