Petersburg Medicaid Ambulance and Transport Services payments reached $84,459 in 2024

In 2024, providers in Petersburg submitted $84,459 in Medicaid claims for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represented an increase of 1.3% from 2023, when billings for this category totaled $83,403.

Medicaid, a public health insurance program operated by states and funded by both federal and state governments, covers individuals such as those with lower incomes, families, children, older adults, and people with disabilities. It remains a crucial component of the U.S. health care system.

Because Medicaid is taxpayer-funded, alterations in billing amounts provide insight into the distribution of public health resources within communities.

The Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category includes a defined group of Medicaid-billed services determined by care type, using standardized HCPCS and CPT coding structures. This report assigned each billing code to a single service category through code ranges and prefixes, which ensured related services were grouped consistently and ranking accuracy was maintained without duplicate counts.

Though overall Medicaid payments rose in several service categories, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies stood as the second highest in Petersburg by total 2024 Medicaid expenditures.

Statewide in Illinois during 2024, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies also held the second position for total Medicaid billings.

Over the five years preceding 2024, Medicaid payments for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies in Petersburg increased $5,347, a rise of 6%. Periods of more pronounced growth in spending were noted, with significant annual jumps documented for 2020 and 2022.

Although payments for this care type were made throughout Petersburg, a small number of ZIP codes saw the bulk of Medicaid funding. For 2024, ZIP code 62675 generated $84,458 in claims, accounting for the entirety of local Medicaid spending on Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies that year.

The majority of these category payments were associated with only a handful of individual billing codes.

When comparing years, Petersburg’s Medicaid spending for Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies rose 1.3% from 2023 to 2024, while all Medicaid categories citywide saw a collective change of 29.6% over the same period.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data show that combined state and federal Medicaid expenditures reached about $871.7 billion for fiscal 2023, representing nearly 18% of all national health spending—up from $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

This growth marks an increase of around 40% over several years, largely attributed to expanded coverage and greater use of services during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures put forth during the Trump administration included major efforts to limit federal Medicaid funding and change its structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed in 2025, is forecasted to cut federal Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion through the next ten years and to implement policies like higher cost-sharing and work requirements, which could mean fewer benefits for some current recipients. This change is set to place more financial responsibility on states and cap federal Medicaid expansion, even as millions continue to rely on the program.

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.