Asheboro Medicaid spending on ambulance and transport services up 29.4% in 2024

In 2024, Asheboro Medicaid providers billed $895,378 for services within the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database show. This figure reflects a 29.4% rise from 2023, when $691,821 in claims were submitted for the same group of services.

Medicaid is a public health insurance program administered by the states and jointly funded by federal and state governments. It serves low-income individuals, families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities, making it one of the largest components of the U.S. health care system.

Since Medicaid payments are sourced from taxpayers, fluctuations in local billing reflect how public health funds are directed within the community.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” group includes Medicaid-billed services classified by care type using standardized HCPCS and CPT code groupings. For this report, each billing code was assigned to one category based on code prefixes and numeric ranges, which ensures related services are grouped, avoids duplicate counts, and enables consistent comparisons over time.

Though Medicaid spending climbed in several service groups, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies ranked ninth in Asheboro for total Medicaid payments in 2024.

Statewide in North Carolina, this service category was eighth among all Medicaid payment categories in 2024.

In Asheboro, payments tied to Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies rose $721,301—or 414.4%—over the five years leading to 2024. Growth accelerated during certain years, especially in 2021 and 2022.

Spending in this category was distributed across Asheboro, but payments were mainly concentrated in just a few ZIP codes. For 2024, ZIP code 27205 accounted for $886,227, and 27203 for $9,150—together representing 100% of category payments in the city that year.

Within the category, Medicaid payments were largely focused on a small number of billing codes.

For context, while Asheboro’s Medicaid payments in this category jumped 29.4% between 2024 and 2023, the city saw a 1% shift across all Medicaid claim categories during the same period.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, total federal and state Medicaid spending reached approximately $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, which was about 18% of all U.S. health expenditures. This marks a significant increase from the roughly $613.5 billion reported for 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The change represents around 40% growth over a few years, due primarily to expanded enrollment and increased use of services during and after the pandemic.

Recent federal budget laws under the Trump administration have featured significant proposals to reduce federal Medicaid funding and change the program’s structure. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted in 2025, is projected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next decade. It introduces new policies like work requirements and greater cost-sharing, potentially cutting coverage and funding for some beneficiaries. Such measures are likely to pass more costs onto states and limit the future growth of federal Medicaid support, even as the program continues to serve millions across the country.

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.