Cochiti Lake Medicaid payments for ambulance and transport services top $7,200 in 2024

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Cochiti Lake submitted $7,247 in claims for the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Provider Spending database shows. This reflected a 306.7% increase from 2023, when $1,782 was billed for the same services.

Medicaid, a state-operated public insurance program with joint federal and state funding, serves low-income people, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities, making it a core part of the U.S. health care landscape. More details are available from the Commonwealth Fund.

Shifts in Medicaid billing at the local level reflect how taxpayer-funded health dollars are spent within particular communities.

The “Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies” category groups Medicaid services using defined HCPCS and CPT codes. Billing codes were sorted into unique service categories with standardized numeric prefixes here, allowing related medical transport services to be studied together while preventing double counting and upholding consistent rankings year-to-year.

While Medicaid expenditures increased in several categories, Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies recorded the highest total Medicaid payments in Cochiti Lake for 2024.

Statewide, this service category placed fifth by overall Medicaid payment volume in New Mexico in 2024.

Over a period of five years preceding 2024, Medicaid payments associated with the Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies category in Cochiti Lake rose by $6,808, or 1552.3%. The escalation in spending was particularly notable in 2023 and 2022 based on annual data.

Within the city, these spending amounts were distributed throughout different areas, though the majority of 2024 spending was concentrated in ZIP code 87083, representing $7,246. In total, this ZIP code accounted for 100% of Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies Medicaid expenses in Cochiti Lake for the year.

Only a small group of individual billing codes made up most of the Medicaid payments in this transportation services category.

Comparing changes, Medicaid payments in Cochiti Lake classified under Ambulance and Other Transport Services and Supplies climbed 306.7% from 2023 to 2024, a rate consistent with overall Medicaid claim growth in the city over the same time frame.

Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicates total combined state and federal Medicaid spending reached about $871.7 billion in fiscal year 2023, roughly 18% of total U.S. health costs, up significantly from approximately $613.5 billion in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This growth equates to roughly a 40% jump within several years, mainly attributed to a surge in enrollment and utilization connected to the pandemic era.

Recent federal budget actions during the Trump administration have introduced major Medicaid funding reduction measures and structural adjustments. For instance, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law in 2025, is estimated to cut federal Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over 10 years and features new regulations such as work requirements and increased cost-sharing that may reduce coverage and federal funding for some beneficiaries. These changes may require states to assume more costs and limit the federal share of Medicaid as the program continues covering tens of 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.