$8.3B in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure A0429 (Ambulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)) received $8.3B in total Medicare payments.
Across 27.8M services, the average Medicare payment was $296.82 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $790.2M | 2.8M | — |
| 2015 | $827.6M | 2.9M | +4.7% |
| 2016 | $835.9M | 3.0M | +1.0% |
| 2017 | $839.7M | 3.0M | +0.4% |
| 2018 | $846.4M | 2.9M | +0.8% |
| 2019 | $843.7M | 2.9M | -0.3% |
| 2020 | $775.6M | 2.6M | -8.1% |
| 2021 | $776.7M | 2.6M | +0.1% |
| 2022 | $830.9M | 2.6M | +7.0% |
| 2023 | $888.4M | 2.6M | +6.9% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seniorcare Emergency Medical Services Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | NY | $12.7M | 32.7K | $388.02 |
| 2 | New York City Health And Hospitals Corporation | Ambulance Service Provider | NY | $12.2M | 31.9K | $383.77 |
| 3 | Cataldo Ambulance Service Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | MA | $5.7M | 15.8K | $361.02 |
| 4 | Montgomery County Maryland Government | Ambulance Service Provider | MD | $5.7M | 14.7K | $386.99 |
| 5 | Falck Mobile Health Corp | Ambulance Service Provider | CA | $5.4M | 14.5K | $374.74 |
| 6 | Baltimore County Maryland Office Of Finance | Ambulance Service Provider | MD | $5.3M | 14.9K | $359.35 |
| 7 | City Of Philadelphia | Ambulance Service Provider | PA | $5.3M | 15.3K | $349.82 |
| 8 | Boston Public Health Commission | Ambulance Service Provider | MA | $4.8M | 12.5K | $384.62 |
| 9 | American Medical Response Of Connecticut Incorporated | Ambulance Service Provider | CT | $4.7M | 13.0K | $362.68 |
| 10 | Empress Ambulance Service Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | NY | $4.6M | 12.4K | $373.86 |
| 11 | Brewster Ambulance Service Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | MA | $4.3M | 11.8K | $366.68 |
| 12 | Richmond County Ambulance Service, Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | NY | $4.2M | 11.1K | $382.57 |
| 13 | Tri-Med Ambulance Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | WA | $4.2M | 10.8K | $386.31 |
| 14 | Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | LA | $4.1M | 13.5K | $306.83 |
| 15 | American Professional Ambulance Corp | Ambulance Service Provider | CA | $4.0M | 10.5K | $383.55 |
| 16 | Elite Medical Transportation Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | IL | $3.9M | 11.5K | $343.59 |
| 17 | City Of Los Angeles | Ambulance Service Provider | CA | $3.9M | 10.2K | $380.41 |
| 18 | Falck Northern California Corp. | Ambulance Service Provider | CA | $3.6M | 8.5K | $418.91 |
| 19 | American Medical Response Ambulance Service Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | WA | $3.5M | 9.2K | $385.53 |
| 20 | Robert Wood Johnson Health Network Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | NJ | $3.5M | 9.3K | $371.63 |
| 21 | Prince George's County Maryland | Ambulance Service Provider | MD | $3.4M | 8.8K | $385.36 |
| 22 | Mayor And City Council Of Baltimore | Ambulance Service Provider | MD | $3.1M | 8.8K | $357.71 |
| 23 | City Of Houston | Ambulance Service Provider | TX | $2.9M | 8.6K | $340.04 |
| 24 | St Lucie County Fire District | Ambulance Service Provider | FL | $2.7M | 8.1K | $337.39 |
| 25 | County Of Lee-Office Of County Comm | Ambulance Service Provider | FL | $2.7M | 8.0K | $337.89 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | $86.7M | 237.0K | 487 | $178.0K |
| CA | $73.8M | 195.0K | 220 | $335.6K |
| NJ | $52.1M | 140.9K | 227 | $229.7K |
| MA | $49.1M | 134.8K | 271 | $181.2K |
| PA | $46.7M | 141.1K | 538 | $86.9K |
| FL | $46.4M | 140.9K | 155 | $299.2K |
| TX | $43.1M | 129.1K | 441 | $97.8K |
| IL | $36.5M | 109.3K | 472 | $77.4K |
| MD | $30.9M | 85.8K | 109 | $283.3K |
| OH | $29.2M | 92.4K | 695 | $42.0K |
| WA | $28.2M | 77.8K | 179 | $157.8K |
| VA | $28.2M | 83.0K | 226 | $124.7K |
| NC | $22.4M | 70.8K | 143 | $156.7K |
| MI | $21.8M | 66.9K | 208 | $104.6K |
| SC | $20.8M | 66.7K | 73 | $285.0K |
| GA | $20.0M | 63.6K | 144 | $138.9K |
| CT | $19.5M | 54.0K | 131 | $148.6K |
| WI | $15.8M | 48.1K | 301 | $52.6K |
| IN | $15.3M | 48.7K | 194 | $79.0K |
| AZ | $12.7M | 37.0K | 78 | $162.4K |
| DE | $11.9M | 35.5K | 57 | $208.5K |
| TN | $11.6M | 37.4K | 96 | $121.1K |
| KY | $11.6M | 37.9K | 155 | $74.7K |
| MO | $11.1M | 34.8K | 167 | $66.8K |
| MN | $9.8M | 27.4K | 141 | $69.7K |
| AL | $9.2M | 29.7K | 112 | $82.2K |
| OK | $9.2M | 28.5K | 97 | $94.6K |
| CO | $8.6M | 23.9K | 105 | $82.3K |
| WV | $8.4M | 27.6K | 116 | $72.6K |
| OR | $7.8M | 22.2K | 80 | $97.5K |
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.