Pauls Valley Medicaid transport services spending climbs to $120,119 in 2024

Medicaid providers in Pauls Valley reported $120,119 in claims for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in 2024, as reflected in data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount demonstrates a 190.6% surge from 2023, when claims for the same services totaled $41,338.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program overseen by states and funded through both federal and state governments. The program covers people with low incomes, families, seniors, children and those with disabilities, making it a major part of the U.S. health care infrastructure.

Since Medicaid bills are paid by taxpayers, local billing amounts reflect how community resources are used for public health care.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” group consists of Medicaid-billed services categorized by care type, using standardized HCPCS and CPT code collections. All billing codes in this analysis fall under a specific service group by assigning corresponding prefixes and numbers, which allows comparisons over time and avoids both double-counting and misranking services.

While Medicaid spending increased among several service groups, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies held the fourth-highest total payments for Pauls Valley in 2024.

Statewide in Oklahoma, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies ranked sixth by total Medicaid spending in 2024.

Between 2019 and 2024, Medicaid payments associated with Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Pauls Valley have reached $120,119, effectively unchanged in percentage terms during the period. There were periods of accelerated growth, with significant year-on-year increases during 2022 and 2023.

Distribution of payments in this category spanned the city, but was mainly concentrated in a few ZIP codes. In 2024, claims tied to the 73075 ZIP code totaled $120,119, accounting for 100% of city Medicaid spending in this category.

Only a few billing codes saw most of the Medicaid payments in the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category.

For reference, Medicaid spending in Pauls Valley tied to Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies jumped 190.6% from 2023 to 2024. Across all Medicaid claim categories in the city, there was a 33.5% change in the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid expenditures were approximately $871.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, or about 18% of the total U.S. health expenditure. That’s up significantly from $613.5 billion in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This jump of about 40% is largely attributed to higher enrollment and increased benefit use during and after the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget measures under the Trump administration have proposed extensive changes that impact funding and structure for Medicaid. As an example, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is forecast to reduce federal Medicaid outlays by more than $1 trillion over a decade, adding new requirements such as work mandates and greater cost-sharing that could mean less coverage and funding for some groups. The new policies are expected to shift greater financial responsibility to individual states and limit increased federal support as the program continues to provide coverage for 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.