Deming Medicaid spending on ambulance and transport services rises to $2,965,759 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Deming billed $2,965,759 for services grouped under the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, based on figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This amount represents a 42.5% rise over 2023, when providers submitted claims totaling $2,080,766 for the same services.

Medicaid is a government health insurance initiative administered at the state level and supported through federal and state funding. Serving low-income populations, seniors, children and people with disabilities, Medicaid stands as one of the largest components of U.S. health care coverage.

Since Medicaid spending is funded by taxpayers, changes in local billing reflect not only health care utilization but also how public funds support community medical services.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” classification covers a range of Medicaid-billed services, defined according to standardized HCPCS and CPT codes. For this analysis, each billing code aligns with a single service category based on consistent code prefixes and numeric parameters. This methodology groups related services and allows accurate evaluation of trends without double counting.

Across several Medicaid service areas, spending increased, but the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category came in as the second-highest by payment volume in Deming for 2024.

Statewide in New Mexico, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies ranked fifth among Medicaid payment categories for 2024.

Over the five-year span ending in 2024, Deming’s Medicaid payments attributed to Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies climbed by $1,499,252—a 102.2% growth. Periodic accelerations were most pronounced in 2021 and 2023, with large year-over-year increases.

This category’s expenditures were spread around Deming, but remained focused within a few ZIP codes. The 88030 ZIP code generated $2,965,759 in Medicaid payments in 2024, meaning the top ZIP code accounted for 100% of such spending in Deming during the year.

Within this service group, Medicaid payments were also concentrated in a handful of billing codes.

For a comparative view, local Medicaid claims in this category rose 42.5% from 2023 to 2024, outpacing the 13.8% growth observed across all Medicaid claim categories in Deming for the same timeframe.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined federal and state Medicaid spending reached roughly $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, comprising about 18% of all U.S. health spending, a substantial increase from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, before the COVID-19 crisis.

This shift marks nearly 40% growth, propelled mainly by rising enrollment and higher service utilization both during and after the pandemic period.

Recent federal budget action during the Trump administration contained major initiatives to lower federal Medicaid contributions and overhaul the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is forecast to cut federal Medicaid funding by more than $1 trillion over the coming decade, with new requirements like mandatory work and higher cost sharing. These measures could restrict coverage and shift more expenses to states, even as Medicaid remains a vital safety net for millions nationwide.

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.