Santa Barbara County Auditor

Santa Barbara County Auditor was paid $294K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2023, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 52% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSANTA BARBARA COUNTY AUDITOR
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93110

33aNPI1033216171assigned 09/20/2006

33bProvider typeLand Ambulance

28Total paid$294K

24GClaims2,308

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Land Ambulance providers in California

Rank by total paid#134 of 177

Median peer was paid$1.79M

This provider vs. median0.2×

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.

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	346	$15K
2019	384	$21K
2020	239	$14K
2021	396	$31K
2022	415	$34K
2023	528	$179K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
A0427	Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)	52%	495	462	$154K
A0429	Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)	36%	287	260	$105K
A0425	Ground mileage, per statute mile	12%	1,526	1,424	$35K

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 officialSAUER, DIANE (FISCAL MANAGER)