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#188 of 11K

A0431

Ambulance service, conventional air, transport, one way

Ambulance service, conventional air, transport, one way is the #188 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $915.3M in payments across 517K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $1,650.68.

Total Paid

$915.3M

0.08% of all spending

Total Claims

517K

Providers

358

Avg Cost/Claim

$2K

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for A0431? Based on 357 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$1,650.68

Average

$1,747.93

Std Dev

$922.49

Max

$8,351.94

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$770.24
p25
$1,114.83
Median
$1,650.68
p75
$2,234.87
p90
$2,747.54
p95
$3,031.78
p99
$4,320.40

50% of providers bill between $1,114.83 and $2,234.87 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $770.24 and $2,747.54.

Top 1% bill above $4,320.40.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code A0431 (Ambulance service, conventional air, transport, one way) was billed by 358 providers across 517K claims, totaling $915.3M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 452K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$1,650.68

Providers Billing

357

National Spending

$915.3M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.06×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for A0431

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Rocky Mountain Holdings, Llc

Sylacauga, AL · Ambulance, Air Transport

$173.7M
21700831401$37.9M
31134169535$36.7M
4Acadian Ambulance Service Inc.

Lafayette, LA · Ambulance Air Transport

$35.8M
51386837367$32.5M
61700885548$29.4M
71538168372$22.7M
81306289996$16.9M
91053613323$16.4M
101801875166$15.7M
111801903927$15.4M
121144266024$15.4M
131326094020$14.6M
141609043645$14.1M
151518964337$13.7M
161861758914$12.8M
171669434023$12.8M
181043313513$12.7M
191154774073$12.3M
201326482712$12.1M

Showing top 20 of 358 providers billing this code