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A0430

Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing)

$458.8M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure A0430 (Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing)) received $458.8M in total Medicare payments.

Across 130.4K services, the average Medicare payment was $3.5K per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$37.2M11.2K—
2015$41.1M12.2K+10.5%
2016$41.4M12.4K+0.6%
2017$42.7M12.7K+3.2%
2018$44.2M13.1K+3.7%
2019$47.1M13.6K+6.6%
2020$49.3M13.9K+4.7%
2021$53.8M15.0K+9.1%
2022$50.7M13.6K-5.9%
2023$51.3M12.7K+1.2%

Top Providers for A0430

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Rocky Mountain Holdings, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAL$4.4M1.2K$3.8K
2Life Flight Network LlcAmbulance Service ProviderOR$4.3M1.1K$3.8K
3Classic Air Care LlcAmbulance Service ProviderCO$3.3M795$4.2K
4Lifemed Alaska, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAK$2.8M651$4.3K
5Reach Air Medical Services LlcAmbulance Service ProviderCA$2.6M625$4.1K
6Cal-Ore Life Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderMO$2.3M536$4.3K
7Dale Aviation IncAmbulance Service ProviderSD$1.7M429$3.9K
8University Of WashingtonAmbulance Service ProviderWA$1.5M391$3.9K
9Csi Aviation, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderNM$1.4M364$4.0K
10Northeast Montana Stat Air Amublance CooperativeAmbulance Service ProviderMT$1.2M279$4.2K
11Apollo Medflight, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderTX$1.1M278$3.9K
12Island Air, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderWA$947.2K221$4.3K
13Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAK$881.5K200$4.4K
14Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAK$813.8K184$4.4K
15Elite Medical Air Transport, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderTX$794.4K208$3.8K
16Shc 2021 LlcAmbulance Service ProviderMT$722.2K171$4.2K
17Med-Trans CorporationAmbulance Service ProviderKS$704.8K174$4.1K
18Med-Trans CorporationAmbulance Service ProviderKS$628.3K156$4.0K
19Aac-Air Ambulance Caribbean Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderVI$589.5K139$4.2K
20Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderNM$554.3K136$4.1K
21Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAZ$540.3K130$4.2K
22Apollo Medflight, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderSD$524.1K124$4.2K
23Med-Trans CorporationAmbulance Service ProviderKS$521.9K130$4.0K
24Trans Aero LimitedAmbulance Service ProviderNM$479.7K120$4.0K
25Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderWY$473.1K113$4.2K

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
AK$6.1M1.4K11$551.2K
OR$5.2M1.4K4$1.3M
AL$4.4M1.2K1$4.4M
CO$4.3M1.0K4$1.1M
NM$3.9M9678$484.8K
TX$3.0M7848$370.5K
CA$2.8M6912$1.4M
SD$2.7M6594$665.3K
MO$2.6M6102$1.3M
WA$2.5M6122$1.2M
MT$2.4M5814$610.0K
KS$2.3M5714$570.0K
AZ$2.1M5097$293.4K
HI$1.5M3305$290.8K
WY$1.2M2933$408.6K
ND$761.8K1993$253.9K
MI$699.1K1744$174.8K
UT$689.6K1732$344.8K
VI$589.5K1391$589.5K
NE$444.4K1091$444.4K
MN$314.1K813$104.7K
ME$283.5K741$283.5K
AR$211.5K652$105.7K
NV$184.5K592$92.2K
SC$102.3K311$102.3K
FL$97.7K251$97.7K
OK$93.2K261$93.2K
MA$46.5K111$46.5K

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Data Sources

  • • 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.