Medicaid spending on ambulance and transport services climbs 7.9% in Hodgenville in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Hodgenville billed $61,324 for services in the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented a 7.9% rise compared with 2023, when claims for the same set of services totaled $56,816.

Medicaid serves as a public health insurance program managed by states and funded by both federal and state governments. Covering low-income families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities, it is a central component of the United States health care system.

Since Medicaid expenses are paid by taxpayers, fluctuations in local billing amounts reflect how public health funds are distributed within communities.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” category includes a collection of Medicaid-billed services classified by care type, following standardized HCPCS and CPT code groups. For this analysis, billing codes were assigned to one service category each by using uniform code prefixes and number ranges. This approach kept related services together and avoided double counting in rankings over time.

Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies represented the fourth-largest Medicaid payment category in Hodgenville for 2024, though spending grew in several categories across the city.

Statewide in Kentucky, this category was ranked 11th by total Medicaid payments for the year.

From five years prior to 2024, Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Hodgenville rose by $25,970, a 73.5% increase. Spending rates accelerated during specific periods, with notable annual growth observed in both 2023 and 2021.

While these Medicaid dollars were spread across various parts of the city, payments were concentrated in relatively few ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 42748 accounted for $61,323 in Medicaid payments tied to this service category. That ZIP code alone made up 100% of related Medicaid spending in Hodgenville for the year.

Payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies through Medicaid were also concentrated within a handful of billing codes.

Comparatively, Medicaid payments in Hodgenville for this category were up 7.9% from 2023 to 2024, outpacing a 5.6% change seen across all Medicaid claim categories locally during that interval.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data show combined state and federal Medicaid expenditures reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, which made up roughly 18% of all national health spending, increasing sharply from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This marks growth of nearly 40% over a few years, largely because of expanded Medicaid enrollment and increased utilization during and after the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget changes under the Trump administration included significant Medicaid funding reduction efforts. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending over the coming decade and add measures like work requirements and increased cost-sharing, potentially limiting coverage and funding for certain recipients. As a result, states may bear higher costs and see limits on federal support despite Medicaid continuing to cover tens of millions of Americans.

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.