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Universal Care Ambulance INC
Universal Care Ambulance INC was paid $96K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2023, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 78% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoUNIVERSAL CARE AMBULANCE INC
SAN JUAN, PR 00920
SAN JUAN, PR 00920
33aNPI1043488588assigned 02/19/2008
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$96K
24GClaims2,638
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#27 of 51
Median peer was paid$103K
This provider vs. median0.9×
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 | 684 | $26K | |
| 2019 | 672 | $24K | |
| 2020 | 424 | $14K | |
| 2021 | 361 | $11K | |
| 2022 | 404 | $19K | |
| 2023 | 93 | $3K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 78% | 1,032 | 938 | $75K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 14% | 1,550 | 1,261 | $13K |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 8.0% | 56 | 43 | $8K |
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 officialPADILLA, JOSE (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Laboratorio Cardiovascular J.P.,Csp | San Juan, PR | $23K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.