Why Is Medicaid Paying So Much For The Same Ambulance Ride?
1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026
In California, a private ambulance transporting a Medi-Cal patient receives $339 per emergency transport . A public ambulance making the same trip, serving the same patient, received $1,168 in 2024 — more than triple…
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