Transport
Ponderosa Aviation, INC
Ponderosa Aviation, INC was paid $1.12M by Medicaid between Aug 2019 and Aug 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is A0430, Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing) — 51% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPONDEROSA AVIATION, INC
SAFFORD, AZ 85546
SAFFORD, AZ 85546
33aNPI1114490836assigned 01/04/2019
33bProvider typeAir Ambulance
28Total paid$1.12M
24GClaims1,367
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthAug 2019 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Air Ambulance providers in Arizona
Rank by total paid#12 of 17
Median peer was paid$1.97M
This provider vs. median0.6×
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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 91 | $81K | |
| 2020 | 161 | $132K | |
| 2021 | 238 | $186K | |
| 2022 | 362 | $253K | |
| 2023 | 386 | $334K | |
| 2024incomplete | 129 | $138K |
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) | 51% | 685 | 636 | $569K |
| A0435 | Fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile | 49% | 682 | 635 | $555K |
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 officialBRYCE, REX (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Ponderosa Aviation, INC | Safford, AZ | $22K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.