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A0434

Specialty care transport (sct)

$519.2M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure A0434 (Specialty care transport (sct)) received $519.2M in total Medicare payments.

Across 842.4K services, the average Medicare payment was $616.41 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$54.4M93.3K—
2015$53.6M90.6K-1.4%
2016$53.2M90.0K-0.9%
2017$54.6M92.0K+2.6%
2018$54.1M90.5K-0.9%
2019$56.6M92.3K+4.6%
2020$52.0M82.9K-8.0%
2021$46.9M74.0K-9.8%
2022$44.9M68.1K-4.3%
2023$48.9M68.7K+8.9%

Top Providers for A0434

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, IncAmbulance Service ProviderIL$1.8M2.5K$702.00
2Seniorcare Emergency Medical Services Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderNY$1.1M1.4K$788.66
3Atlantic Ambulance Corp.Ambulance Service ProviderNJ$1.1M1.4K$768.39
4Brewster Ambulance Service Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderMA$996.9K1.3K$751.81
5Exceptional Medical TransportationAmbulance Service ProviderNJ$916.1K1.2K$748.41
6Premier Medical Transport, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderCA$899.0K1.2K$779.02
7Amwest Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderCA$821.8K1.1K$778.23
8Richmond County Ambulance Service, IncAmbulance Service ProviderNY$805.7K1.0K$789.09
9On Time Ambulance, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderNJ$737.9K967$763.04
10Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderLA$726.5K1.2K$629.52
11Eastwest Proto IncAmbulance Service ProviderCA$705.9K906$779.14
12Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service Of Michigan, IncAmbulance Service ProviderMI$676.7K990$683.56
13Ambitrans Medical Transport , Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderFL$607.5K909$668.26
14Acadian Ambulance Service Of Texas LlcAmbulance Service ProviderTX$564.9K838$674.08
15North Star Emergency Services, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderCA$467.6K583$802.03
16Olympic Ambulance Service Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderWA$467.5K650$719.17
17New England Life Flight, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderMA$461.8K620$744.78
18Royal Ambulance Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderCA$439.7K506$868.96
19Elite Medical Transportation LlcAmbulance Service ProviderIL$438.9K629$697.82
20Life Flight Network LlcAmbulance Service ProviderOR$427.6K574$744.95
21Platinum Nine Holdings LlcAmbulance Service ProviderWA$371.4K516$719.84
22Viewpoint Ambulance, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderCA$367.2K474$774.66
23Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Services Of Wisconsin, IncAmbulance Service ProviderWI$365.1K548$666.31
24Lone Star Ambulance 1, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderTX$351.2K514$683.27
25Ambuserve, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderCA$348.0K448$776.68

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$8.8M11.3K60$147.5K
IL$4.2M6.1K35$118.8K
NJ$3.5M4.6K7$504.9K
NY$3.5M4.5K29$120.3K
MA$3.0M4.0K24$123.1K
FL$2.3M3.4K29$78.2K
TX$2.2M3.2K43$50.6K
MI$2.1M3.1K25$83.9K
MD$1.9M2.5K12$156.5K
WI$1.6M2.4K24$68.0K
WA$1.3M1.8K11$120.3K
LA$995.3K1.6K4$248.8K
OR$949.2K1.3K13$73.0K
MN$842.7K1.1K19$44.4K
OK$815.3K1.3K8$101.9K
NC$783.5K1.2K15$52.2K
AZ$746.1K1.1K11$67.8K
IN$735.7K1.1K11$66.9K
OH$670.2K1.0K12$55.8K
PA$634.1K91510$63.4K
NV$616.5K8938$77.1K
CT$580.6K79110$58.1K
WV$566.0K90217$33.3K
GA$528.9K8019$58.8K
ME$458.8K68216$28.7K
AR$449.3K70210$44.9K
MS$394.2K6337$56.3K
AL$385.6K60515$25.7K
VA$381.6K5708$47.7K
NE$359.0K5393$119.7K

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  • • 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.