$8.0B in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure A0428 (Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls)) received $8.0B in total Medicare payments.
Across 47.0M services, the average Medicare payment was $171.26 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $1.1B | 6.7M | — |
| 2015 | $980.5M | 5.8M | -12.9% |
| 2016 | $889.0M | 5.3M | -9.3% |
| 2017 | $873.4M | 5.2M | -1.8% |
| 2018 | $837.2M | 5.0M | -4.1% |
| 2019 | $776.2M | 4.7M | -7.3% |
| 2020 | $725.8M | 4.3M | -6.5% |
| 2021 | $667.1M | 3.9M | -8.1% |
| 2022 | $582.7M | 3.2M | -12.7% |
| 2023 | $591.4M | 2.9M | +1.5% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brewster Ambulance Service Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | MA | $10.1M | 44.4K | $228.39 |
| 2 | Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | IL | $10.1M | 46.5K | $216.84 |
| 3 | Midwest Medical Transport Company Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | NE | $9.0M | 44.2K | $203.93 |
| 4 | Seniorcare Emergency Medical Services Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | NY | $7.2M | 29.9K | $239.71 |
| 5 | Acadian Ambulance Service Of Texas Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | TX | $6.2M | 30.8K | $200.28 |
| 6 | Allmed Transportation Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | NJ | $5.8M | 30.8K | $189.02 |
| 7 | Ambulnz Ny Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | NY | $5.8M | 23.7K | $243.00 |
| 8 | Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | LA | $5.2M | 28.3K | $184.05 |
| 9 | Richmond County Ambulance Service, Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | NY | $4.9M | 21.3K | $229.90 |
| 10 | Premier Medical Transport, Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | CA | $4.5M | 18.9K | $239.38 |
| 11 | On Time Ambulance, Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | NJ | $4.5M | 19.1K | $233.70 |
| 12 | Lifestar Response Of Maryland, Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | MD | $4.0M | 17.7K | $227.52 |
| 13 | Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service Of Michigan, Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | MI | $3.9M | 18.7K | $210.00 |
| 14 | Elite Medical Transportation Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | IL | $3.8M | 18.5K | $204.86 |
| 15 | County Of Pinellas Board Of County Commissioners | Ambulance Service Provider | FL | $3.7M | 18.8K | $198.81 |
| 16 | North Star Emergency Services, Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | CA | $3.7M | 15.3K | $238.74 |
| 17 | Medstar, Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | MI | $3.4M | 16.7K | $205.85 |
| 18 | Lifeline Ambulance Service Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | NY | $3.3M | 13.8K | $242.51 |
| 19 | Viking Enterprises Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | TX | $3.2M | 15.4K | $208.81 |
| 20 | Coastal Medical Transportation Services Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | MA | $3.2M | 15.7K | $204.20 |
| 21 | Eastwest Proto Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | CA | $3.2M | 13.5K | $237.17 |
| 22 | American Medical Response Of New York, Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | NY | $3.1M | 12.8K | $242.17 |
| 23 | Am-Van Incorporated | Ambulance Service Provider | MD | $3.1M | 13.5K | $229.01 |
| 24 | Careflite | Ambulance Service Provider | TX | $3.1M | 14.7K | $207.67 |
| 25 | Coastal Ambulance Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | MA | $3.0M | 14.1K | $216.85 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TX | $49.1M | 254.4K | 215 | $228.2K |
| CA | $46.1M | 193.8K | 108 | $426.7K |
| NJ | $45.0M | 222.0K | 65 | $691.7K |
| NY | $43.8M | 187.7K | 99 | $442.2K |
| GA | $37.9M | 219.9K | 144 | $262.9K |
| MA | $33.2M | 151.3K | 43 | $771.3K |
| IL | $29.5M | 144.3K | 102 | $289.1K |
| SC | $27.6M | 162.2K | 59 | $467.7K |
| FL | $24.8M | 122.1K | 60 | $413.3K |
| OH | $23.5M | 122.2K | 100 | $234.8K |
| PA | $22.1M | 106.9K | 214 | $103.4K |
| MD | $18.7M | 83.1K | 16 | $1.2M |
| NC | $18.1M | 97.1K | 100 | $181.4K |
| TN | $18.1M | 100.9K | 94 | $192.1K |
| MI | $15.2M | 75.3K | 72 | $210.6K |
| VA | $13.3M | 67.2K | 48 | $276.1K |
| CT | $11.8M | 54.1K | 14 | $842.4K |
| AL | $11.1M | 61.7K | 73 | $152.6K |
| IN | $10.2M | 52.9K | 64 | $158.8K |
| NE | $9.6M | 46.9K | 23 | $416.8K |
| LA | $8.5M | 45.5K | 14 | $606.7K |
| WV | $8.2M | 45.9K | 66 | $124.9K |
| KY | $8.0M | 42.2K | 113 | $70.5K |
| MS | $5.5M | 31.0K | 20 | $277.1K |
| WI | $5.5M | 27.0K | 67 | $82.5K |
| WA | $5.4M | 24.1K | 48 | $112.4K |
| MO | $4.8M | 24.2K | 81 | $59.6K |
| AR | $4.8M | 25.1K | 39 | $122.8K |
| OK | $4.5M | 22.6K | 61 | $73.5K |
| CO | $4.3M | 19.4K | 43 | $100.0K |
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.