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Crookston Area Ambulance, INC.
Crookston Area Ambulance, INC. was paid $493K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Dec 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 50% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCROOKSTON AREA AMBULANCE, INC.
CROOKSTON, MN 56716
CROOKSTON, MN 56716
33aNPI1093910838assigned 06/20/2007
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$493K
24GClaims2,670
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Minnesota
Rank by total paid#22 of 48
Median peer was paid$235K
This provider vs. median2.1×
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 | 154 | $3K | |
| 2019 | 317 | $52K | |
| 2020 | 171 | $23K | |
| 2021 | 224 | $31K | |
| 2022 | 367 | $80K | |
| 2023 | 792 | $161K | |
| 2024incomplete | 645 | $142K |
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) | 50% | 612 | 539 | $249K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 45% | 1,985 | 1,421 | $219K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 4.1% | 55 | 50 | $20K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | <1% | 18 | 17 | $4K |
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 officialWICKLUND, BARRET (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dickinson Area Ambulance Service INC | Dickinson, ND | $1.80M |
| Grant-Roberts Ambulance INC | Milbank, SD | $591K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.