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A0426

Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1)

$672.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure A0426 (Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1)) received $672.0M in total Medicare payments.

Across 3.1M services, the average Medicare payment was $217.28 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$68.6M333.4K—
2015$72.3M345.2K+5.5%
2016$74.2M356.0K+2.6%
2017$75.0M358.1K+1.0%
2018$74.8M352.9K-0.2%
2019$75.6M347.1K+1.1%
2020$66.9M301.2K-11.6%
2021$59.5M265.4K-11.1%
2022$51.4M220.6K-13.5%
2023$53.8M213.0K+4.5%

Top Providers for A0426

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Midwest Medical Transport Company LlcAmbulance Service ProviderNE$932.1K3.7K$250.84
2Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, IncAmbulance Service ProviderIL$575.3K2.2K$259.74
3Cems Of Ohio IncAmbulance Service ProviderOH$542.9K2.3K$238.87
4Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderLA$532.0K2.3K$232.43
5Ambitrans Medical Transport , Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderFL$506.5K2.1K$245.54
6Kettering Transportation Services LlcAmbulance Service ProviderOH$501.5K2.1K$239.02
7Pasco-Pinellas Hillsborough Community Health System IncAmbulance Service ProviderFL$500.3K2.1K$243.24
8Physicians Ambulance Service IncAmbulance Service ProviderOH$479.2K2.0K$238.06
9Acadian Ambulance Service Of Texas LlcAmbulance Service ProviderTX$478.2K1.9K$247.90
10Champion EmsAmbulance Service ProviderTX$410.5K1.7K$244.37
11Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center LlcAmbulance Service ProviderNC$381.7K1.6K$241.15
12Lifestar Response Of Maryland, IncAmbulance Service ProviderMD$381.4K1.4K$267.09
13Etmc EmsAmbulance Service ProviderTX$379.9K1.6K$243.69
14Empress Ambulance Service LlcAmbulance Service ProviderNY$373.0K1.3K$281.28
15Brewster Ambulance Service Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderMA$360.0K1.3K$276.48
16Medtrust Medical Transport, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderSC$341.8K1.4K$238.16
17American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderCA$322.4K1.1K$284.27
18American Medical Response Mid-Atlantic, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderVA$317.5K1.3K$252.59
19Mobile Medical Response IncAmbulance Service ProviderMI$307.9K1.3K$245.18
20Emergency Medical Services AuthorityAmbulance Service ProviderOK$291.9K1.3K$233.14
21Medstar, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderMI$284.3K1.2K$245.49
22Stark County Ambulance Service IncAmbulance Service ProviderIL$272.7K1.1K$239.20
23Valley Regional Enterprises IncAmbulance Service ProviderVA$268.3K1.1K$245.03
24Coastal Care CorporationAmbulance Service ProviderFL$247.6K991$249.86
25J&c Ambulance Service, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderOH$242.0K1.0K$236.54

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$3.7M15.0K49$75.3K
OH$3.7M15.5K63$58.5K
TX$3.6M14.3K102$35.4K
CA$3.2M11.3K76$42.7K
IL$2.4M9.6K58$41.5K
NY$2.3M8.4K69$32.8K
PA$2.2M9.0K92$24.2K
MI$1.9M7.6K61$30.7K
NC$1.6M6.7K50$32.4K
MA$1.6M5.9K30$53.2K
TN$1.5M6.5K59$26.0K
AR$1.5M6.3K35$43.8K
VA$1.5M5.9K24$61.7K
NE$1.5M5.6K20$72.7K
OK$1.4M6.0K46$31.5K
MD$1.4M5.2K12$116.6K
WI$1.4M5.4K47$29.0K
MO$1.3M5.4K51$25.9K
AZ$1.2M4.6K24$50.8K
SC$1.0M4.4K14$74.1K
GA$1.0M4.4K47$21.9K
IN$982.6K4.1K35$28.1K
AL$972.7K4.1K50$19.5K
MN$956.0K3.4K25$38.2K
KY$805.9K3.5K62$13.0K
WA$774.3K2.8K26$29.8K
KS$757.1K3.1K27$28.0K
LA$681.9K2.9K4$170.5K
CO$650.9K2.3K32$20.3K
MS$640.0K2.7K16$40.0K

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  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.