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Pridestar EMS INC
Pridestar EMS INC was paid $18.05M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 55% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPRIDESTAR EMS INC
LOWELL, MA 01851
LOWELL, MA 01851
33aNPI1134162977assigned 06/13/2006
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$18.05M
24GClaims240,414
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#4 of 138
Median peer was paid$557K
This provider vs. median32×
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 | 31,967 | $1.33M | |
| 2019 | 29,993 | $1.21M | |
| 2020 | 20,768 | $1.00M | |
| 2021 | 21,427 | $990K | |
| 2022 | 53,056 | $4.11M | |
| 2023 | 43,679 | $4.63M | |
| 2024incomplete | 39,524 | $4.77M |
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) | 55% | 49,313 | 37,551 | $9.86M |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 17% | 38,339 | 24,450 | $3.10M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 11% | 92,588 | 62,371 | $2.05M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 9.2% | 8,496 | 7,396 | $1.66M |
| A0130 | Non-emergency transportation: wheelchair van | 4.7% | 26,807 | 7,333 | $846K |
| S0215 | Non-emergency transportation; mileage, per mile | 1.7% | 20,804 | 5,974 | $300K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | <1% | 674 | 588 | $105K |
| A0434 | Specialty care transport (sct) | <1% | 293 | 277 | $101K |
| S0209 | Wheelchair van, mileage, per mile | <1% | 1,328 | 491 | $24K |
| A0380 | Bls mileage (per mile) | <1% | 1,325 | 956 | $13K |
| A0999 | Unlisted ambulance service | <1% | 407 | 241 | $66.00 |
| A0080 | Non-emergency transportation, per mile - vehicle provided by volunteer (individual or organization), with no vested interest | <1% | 40 | 19 | $11.84 |
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 officialDALY, DAVID (OWNER/PRESIDENT)