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A0435

Fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile

$265.3M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure A0435 (Fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile) received $265.3M in total Medicare payments.

Across 26.7M services, the average Medicare payment was $9.93 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$18.9M2.0M—
2015$22.0M2.3M+16.5%
2016$22.6M2.4M+3.0%
2017$23.6M2.5M+4.1%
2018$26.4M2.8M+12.0%
2019$27.6M2.8M+4.8%
2020$28.6M2.9M+3.6%
2021$32.0M3.1M+11.7%
2022$32.0M3.0M+0.0%
2023$31.7M2.8M-1.0%

Top Providers for A0435

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Lifemed Alaska, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAK$2.5M223.1K$11.15
2Rocky Mountain Holdings, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAL$2.4M225.6K$10.75
3Life Flight Network LlcAmbulance Service ProviderOR$2.2M202.9K$10.74
4Classic Air Care LlcAmbulance Service ProviderCO$1.9M155.2K$11.95
5University Of WashingtonAmbulance Service ProviderWA$1.5M134.1K$11.29
6Reach Air Medical Services LlcAmbulance Service ProviderCA$1.4M122.9K$11.44
7Aac-Air Ambulance Caribbean Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderVI$1.4M116.7K$12.03
8Cal-Ore Life Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderMO$1.3M104.9K$11.94
9Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAK$1.1M95.1K$11.88
10Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAK$978.8K82.8K$11.82
11Dale Aviation IncAmbulance Service ProviderSD$831.3K74.1K$11.21
12Csi Aviation, Inc.Ambulance Service ProviderNM$756.1K64.3K$11.76
13Northeast Montana Stat Air Amublance CooperativeAmbulance Service ProviderMT$706.1K58.9K$12.00
14Apollo Medflight, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderTX$579.6K52.0K$11.14
15Shc 2021 LlcAmbulance Service ProviderMT$511.1K42.6K$12.01
16Elite Medical Air Transport, LlcAmbulance Service ProviderTX$505.5K48.7K$10.39
17Med-Trans CorporationAmbulance Service ProviderKS$393.3K32.7K$12.02
18Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAK$383.7K31.9K$12.03
19Med-Trans CorporationAmbulance Service ProviderKS$342.9K28.6K$12.00
20Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderNM$326.7K27.3K$11.96
21Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAZ$316.3K26.3K$12.03
22Med-Trans CorporationAmbulance Service ProviderKS$304.4K25.5K$11.93
23Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderAK$298.6K25.4K$11.76
24Mercy Flights IncorporatedAmbulance Service ProviderOR$291.8K28.3K$10.30
25Guardian Flight LlcAmbulance Service ProviderNM$250.2K20.9K$11.98

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
AK$5.9M509.8K11$535.8K
OR$2.7M248.7K4$668.7K
AL$2.4M225.6K1$2.4M
CO$2.3M190.6K4$568.7K
NM$2.1M177.4K8$263.2K
TX$1.7M156.6K8$209.1K
WA$1.6M142.3K2$806.4K
MT$1.6M131.2K4$391.4K
CA$1.5M135.1K2$765.0K
MO$1.4M120.3K2$707.4K
VI$1.4M116.7K1$1.4M
SD$1.3M111.7K4$320.4K
KS$1.3M108.0K4$319.9K
AZ$1.0M88.5K7$147.5K
WY$601.4K50.8K3$200.5K
HI$574.2K48.9K5$114.8K
ND$427.1K41.6K3$142.4K
UT$401.2K34.9K2$200.6K
MI$379.4K31.8K4$94.9K
NE$203.7K16.9K1$203.7K
MN$193.0K17.7K3$64.3K
FL$178.0K16.3K1$178.0K
AR$144.4K15.0K2$72.2K
ME$139.2K12.3K1$139.2K
NV$129.3K15.0K2$64.6K
OK$57.5K5.6K1$57.5K
SC$56.3K5.9K1$56.3K
MA$14.5K1.3K1$14.5K

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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.