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A0427

Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als1-emergency)

$15.8B in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure A0427 (Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als1-emergency)) received $15.8B in total Medicare payments.

Across 45.6M services, the average Medicare payment was $346.01 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$1.6B5.0M—
2015$1.7B5.0M+2.4%
2016$1.6B5.0M-0.5%
2017$1.7B5.1M+2.0%
2018$1.7B4.9M-1.5%
2019$1.7B4.8M-0.3%
2020$1.5B4.1M-11.7%
2021$1.4B4.0M-1.7%
2022$1.4B3.9M+0.8%
2023$1.5B3.8M+4.7%

Top Providers for A0427

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Falck Mobile Health CorpAmbulance Service ProviderCA$18.1M40.4K$447.06
2Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderLA$15.4M42.1K$366.47
3City Of Los AngelesAmbulance Service ProviderCA$12.8M28.3K$453.19
4County Of Pinellas Board Of County CommissionersAmbulance Service ProviderFL$10.5M27.3K$384.36
5City Of ChicagoAmbulance Service ProviderIL$9.4M23.0K$408.35
6Rural-Metro Of California IncAmbulance Service ProviderCA$8.7M16.9K$516.21
7Board Of County Commissioners Palm Beach CountyAmbulance Service ProviderFL$8.2M20.5K$401.24
8Kwph Enterprises IncAmbulance Service ProviderCA$7.4M17.8K$416.53
9Falck Northern California Corp.Ambulance Service ProviderCA$6.9M13.8K$501.73
10New York City Health And Hospitals CorporationAmbulance Service ProviderNY$6.5M14.2K$458.12
11Emergency Medical Services AuthorityAmbulance Service ProviderOK$6.0M16.4K$369.07
12Contra Costa CountyAmbulance Service ProviderCA$6.0M11.9K$505.69
13Allina Health SystemAmbulance Service ProviderMN$5.9M14.5K$405.70
14City & County Of San FranciscoAmbulance Service ProviderCA$5.6M11.2K$501.28
15American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderCA$5.6M13.2K$423.37
16Baltimore County Maryland Office Of FinanceAmbulance Service ProviderMD$5.5M12.9K$426.82
17American Medical Response Of Inland EmpireAmbulance Service ProviderCA$5.5M13.0K$422.14
18Maricopa Ambulance, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAZ$5.4M13.8K$390.38
19Director Of Finance-County Of Fairfax VaAmbulance Service ProviderVA$5.3M11.4K$459.29
20County Of WakeAmbulance Service ProviderNC$4.9M12.8K$378.47
21Hillsborough County Florida Board Of County CommissionersAmbulance Service ProviderFL$4.8M12.6K$383.27
22Brewster Ambulance Service Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderMA$4.7M10.8K$434.89
23Westmed Ambulance IncAmbulance Service ProviderCA$4.6M10.1K$453.13
24American Medical Response Ambulance Service IncAmbulance Service ProviderCA$4.5M9.9K$452.62
25Lone Star Ambulance 1, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderTX$4.5M11.3K$394.73

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$205.5M454.7K206$997.4K
FL$135.6M348.2K157$863.6K
TX$115.0M290.4K432$266.2K
IL$77.3M194.0K438$176.5K
MA$55.6M130.0K258$215.4K
NC$55.0M145.5K144$382.2K
PA$54.0M137.7K457$118.2K
NY$53.7M127.8K414$129.6K
OH$52.0M138.6K716$72.6K
GA$44.4M116.8K144$308.0K
MI$43.2M111.7K199$217.2K
TN$37.2M100.2K98$379.4K
VA$36.7M89.8K210$174.7K
AZ$32.3M78.7K99$326.7K
MD$31.8M74.7K101$315.3K
MO$27.8M72.6K174$160.0K
KY$26.0M71.4K157$165.6K
LA$25.8M69.6K37$697.6K
SC$24.7M66.2K66$374.5K
OK$24.1M63.8K84$287.3K
OR$24.1M58.1K98$246.1K
AL$23.7M64.2K113$209.6K
WA$22.4M53.7K117$191.6K
WI$22.3M57.2K218$102.4K
MS$21.5M58.8K25$861.1K
IN$21.4M57.1K160$133.8K
AR$19.9M53.8K55$362.6K
CO$19.0M44.3K124$152.9K
CT$18.1M42.2K126$143.9K
MN$18.0M43.2K60$299.4K

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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.