Sanford Medical Center

Sanford Medical Center was paid $11.90M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is A0430, Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing) — 41% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSANFORD MEDICAL CENTER
SIOUX FALLS, SD 57105

33aNPI1023299708assigned 11/21/2007

33bProvider typeAir Ambulance

28Total paid$11.90M

24GClaims7,618

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Air Ambulance providers in South Dakota

Rank by total paid#1 of 5

Median peer was paid$3.29M

This provider vs. median3.6×

Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official MORRISON, TONY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more

Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider

By year, as a table

Year	Claims	Paid
2018	1,139	$1.43M
2019	947	$1.44M
2020	758	$1.02M
2021	1,160	$1.75M
2022	1,309	$2.12M
2023	1,381	$2.56M
2024incomplete	924	$1.59M

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
A0430	Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing)	41%	2,930	2,717	$4.87M
A0435	Fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile	37%	3,019	2,734	$4.38M
A0431	Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing)	15%	826	772	$1.80M
A0436	Rotary wing air mileage, per statute mile	7.1%	843	768	$850K

Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialMORRISON, TONY (VICE PRESIDENT, REVENUE CYCLE)

Parent organizationSANFORD MEDICAL CENTER

Same official

Other billing entities under MORRISON, TONY

Full network →

Provider	Location	Paid
Sanford Medical Center Fargo	Fargo, ND	$50.18M
Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota	Bemidji, MN	$47.45M
Sanford Bismarck	Bismarck, ND	$43.96M
Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota	Bemidji, MN	$27.11M
Sanford Medical Center	Sioux Falls, SD	$24.40M
FM Ambulance Service, INC	Fargo, ND	$23.80M
Sanford Medical Center	Sioux Falls, SD	$18.03M
Sanford Health Network	Worthington, MN	$7.58M
Sanford Clinic	Sioux Falls, SD	$6.04M
Sanford Clinic	Sioux Falls, SD	$5.45M
Sanford Healthcare Accessories, LLC	Fargo, ND	$4.79M
Sanford Health Network North	Thief River Falls, MN	$3.28M
Sanford Clinic	Sioux Falls, SD	$2.96M
Sanford Health Network	Jackson, MN	$2.81M
Sanford Clinic	Watertown, SD	$2.02M
Black Hills Orthopedic & Spine Center, INC.	Rapid City, SD	$1.71M
Sanford Health Network	Chamberlain, SD	$1.47M
Sanford Health Network	Vermillion, SD	$1.31M
Sanford Health Network	Luverne, MN	$1.27M
Sanford Medical Center Fargo	Pelican Rapids, MN	$1.01M

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.