Kirby sees $2,806 in Medicaid claims for ambulance and transport services in 2024

Kirby Medicaid providers recorded $2,806 in billed services under the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category for 2024, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database. This represents a 902.1% jump from 2023, when claims for this service type totaled $280.

Medicaid is a state-operated health insurance program financed by both federal and state governments. Serving low-income individuals, families, children, seniors and people with disabilities, Medicaid is one of the largest components of the nation’s health care system.

Since Medicaid relies on taxpayer funding, varied billing patterns at the local level demonstrate how community health care resources are distributed.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” category encompasses a selection of Medicaid-billed care types, classified through standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. In this report, each billing code was sorted into a single service category using systematic code prefixes and number ranges, ensuring related services were evaluated together, avoiding overlap, and keeping rankings accurate over time.

Among all service categories in 2024, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies led Kirby in total Medicaid payments.

Within Texas, this category held the eighth position by total Medicaid payments for the year.

Looking over a five-year period prior to 2024, Medicaid claims in Kirby for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category rose by $2,806, or 0%. Accelerated growth was noted at certain points, with marked increases from one year to the next in 2022 and 2022.

Payments for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category occurred citywide but were primarily grouped in a few ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 78219 accounted for $2,805 of these Medicaid payments. The leading ZIP code represented 100% of all claims in Kirby within this category for the year.

Medicaid funding within this transport category was also focused among a small number of individual billing codes.

Between 2024 and 2023, the local category saw Medicaid payments increase by 902.1%, compared to a 903.6% overall increase across all Medicaid claim types in Kirby for the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, combined state and federal Medicaid spending reached nearly $871.7 billion for fiscal year 2023, making up about 18% of all nationwide health expenditures. This compares to $613.5 billion in 2019, before COVID-19, reflecting a significant increase.

This change indicates roughly 40% growth in several years, driven in large part by increased enrollment and higher use during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget measures passed in the Trump administration proposed major reductions to federal Medicaid funding and changes to how the program runs. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is expected to cut more than $1 trillion in federal Medicaid funding over the next ten years, adding policies like work requirements and expanded cost-sharing. These measures could lower coverage and funds for some beneficiaries, shifting more responsibility to states and slowing federal support, even as tens of millions continue to use Medicaid.

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.