Providers delivering Medicaid-recognized Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Elyria billed a total of $1,772,353 in 2024, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. That amount represents a 43.4% rise from 2023, when billings for these services reached $1,235,577.
Medicaid, a health insurance initiative operated at the state level and funded through a state-federal partnership, provides coverage for low-income people, seniors, individuals with disabilities, and children, playing a major role in the national health care landscape.
Since Medicaid dollars come from taxpayers, fluctuations in claims reflect adjustments in how public health care resources are distributed throughout a locality.
The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” grouping includes multiple Medicaid services categorized based on specific types of medical transport care, organized by standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. This analysis assigned each claim code to a distinct service group to compare related services without overlap and to maintain accurate year-over-year rankings.
While Medicaid expenditures climbed in several key care areas, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies ranked as the sixth-largest category in Elyria in 2024 by total Medicaid billings.
Statewide, Ohio ranked the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category at No. 11 based on total Medicaid billings in 2024.
From 2019 to 2024, the value of Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Elyria went up by $307,889—or 21%. Growth was more pronounced in selected years, with especially marked annual increases during 2020 and 2021.
Though spending spanned all sections of Elyria, the payments were largely centered within certain ZIP codes. In 2024, ZIP code 44035 alone accounted for $1,772,352 in Medicaid spending, with the area representing 100% of total payments recorded for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies that year.
Payments in this service grouping were driven by a small subset of individual billing codes.
Comparatively, Elyria’s Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies rose 43.4% from 2023 to 2024, compared to a citywide average increase of 15.4% across all claim categories during that timeframe.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined yearly Medicaid spending from both federal and state sources was approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, or about 18% of national health outlays—up significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the pandemic began.
This rise marks a roughly 40% jump within several years, fueled in large part by a surge in program enrollment and increased use of services during and after the pandemic.
Recent federal legislative packages from the Trump administration included initiatives aiming to decrease total federal Medicaid contributions and change how the program is structured. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is set to trim federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion over the coming decade, while introducing new requirements, such as work mandates and increased beneficiary cost-sharing—resulting in possible reductions to coverage and funding for certain groups. These changes may put higher cost burdens on states and slow the pace of federal Medicaid expansion while the program continues to serve millions.
| Year | Total Medicaid Payments | % Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1,464,464 | 4.6% |
| 2021 | $1,519,074 | 3.7% |
| 2022 | $1,220,700 | -19.6% |
| 2023 | $1,235,576 | 1.2% |
| 2024 | $1,772,352 | 43.4% |
| Rank | Category | Medicaid Payments | Share of City Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evaluation and Management | $4,666,095 | 23.9% |
| 2 | Medicine Services and Procedures | $3,678,357 | 18.9% |
| 3 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment | $2,289,630 | 11.7% |
| 4 | National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies | $2,238,971 | 11.5% |
| 5 | Radiology Procedures | $2,119,129 | 10.9% |
| 6 | Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies | $1,772,352 | 9.1% |
| 7 | Durable Medical Equipment | $765,740 | 3.9% |
| 8 | Surgery | $423,917 | 2.2% |
| 9 | Dental Services | $417,500 | 2.1% |
| 10 | Procedures / Professional Services | $340,165 | 1.7% |
| 11 | Pathology and Laboratory Procedures | $326,565 | 1.7% |
| 12 | Medical And Surgical Supplies | $240,041 | 1.2% |
| 13 | Enteral and Parenteral Therapy | $69,908 | 0.4% |
| 14 | Drugs Administered Other than Oral Method | $60,345 | 0.3% |
| 15 | Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) | $42,005 | 0.2% |
| 16 | Durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) | $34,274 | 0.2% |
| 17 | Anesthesia | $4,712 | <0.1% |
| 18 | Outpatient PPS | $2,079 | <0.1% |
| 19 | Administrative, Miscellaneous and Investigational | $997 | <0.1% |
| 20 | Vision Services | $280 | <0.1% |
| 21 | Temporary Codes | $21 | <0.1% |
| HCPCS Code | Description | Medicaid Payments | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| A0427 | Als1-emergency | $759,957 | 12 |
| A0429 | Bls-emergency | $742,159 | 12 |
| A0425 | Ground mileage | $131,684 | 12 |
| A0428 | Bls | $99,385 | 11 |
| A0130 | Noner transport wheelch van | $39,165 | 9 |
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.
