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Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services

Private Vehicle·Watsonville, CA·NPI: 1225682347Share

Total Paid

$444K

$443,777

Total Claims

6K

Beneficiaries

2K

3.1 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$80

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services is a Private Vehicle provider based in Watsonville, CA. From 2022-09 through 2024-11, this provider received $444K in Medicaid payments across 6K claims serving 2K beneficiaries, billing 5 distinct procedure codes.

Key Findings

  • 📊Bills 3.4× the national median for A0390 (A0390), at $157 per claim vs. the median of $46. This places them well above the 99th percentile nationally.
  • 📊85% of billing is concentrated in A0390 (A0390), indicating significant specialization in this service.
  • 📊Spending more than doubled from $51K in 2022 to $206K in 2024 (305% growth).
  • 📊Saw a 3.7× spike in 2023 ($51K → $187K), a sharp year-over-year increase.

Yearly Spending

2022
$51K
+266%
2023
$187K
+10%
2024
$206K

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 5 distinct procedure codes. The top code (A0390 (ALS mileage, per mile)) accounts for 85% of total spending.

A0390Normal range

ALS mileage, per mile

$378K

2K claims · 85.1%

Your Cost: $157.31/claim|Median: $46.23
3.4× median
A0120Normal range

Non-emergency mini-bus transport

$44K

2K claims · 9.8%

Your Cost: $17.81/claim|Median: $16.09
1.1× median
G9012Normal range

Other specified case management service, per 15 minutes

$15K

580 claims · 3.5%

Your Cost: $26.41/claim|Median: $137.85
0.2× median
98960Normal range

$6K

99 claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $58.97/claim|Median: $12.74
4.6× median
98961Normal range

$1K

41 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $33.33/claim|Median: $16.35
2.0× median