Transport
Pierce County Fire Dist No 3
Pierce County Fire Dist No 3 was paid $18.80M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is A0999, Unlisted ambulance service — 91% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPIERCE COUNTY FIRE DIST NO 3
UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA 98466
UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA 98466
33aNPI1063485837assigned 02/10/2006
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$18.80M
24GClaims46,125
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Washington
Rank by total paid#8 of 142
Median peer was paid$676K
This provider vs. median28×
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 | 6,423 | $1.64M | |
| 2019 | 6,260 | $2.55M | |
| 2020 | 5,938 | $2.32M | |
| 2021 | 6,496 | $2.61M | |
| 2022 | 6,991 | $3.00M | |
| 2023 | 7,438 | $3.35M | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,579 | $3.33M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0999 | Unlisted ambulance service | 91% | 9,681 | 8,873 | $17.08M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 3.9% | 9,238 | 8,490 | $741K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 3.6% | 8,690 | 7,995 | $670K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 1.6% | 18,466 | 16,548 | $298K |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | <1% | 50 | 48 | $6K |
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 officialWICK, KOREE (DIRECTOR - ADMIN SERVICES/FINANCE)