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Northstar EMS, INC.
Northstar EMS, INC. was paid $5.58M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is A0425, Ground mileage, per statute mile — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNORTHSTAR EMS, INC.
TUSCALOOSA, AL 35401
TUSCALOOSA, AL 35401
33aNPI1134193717assigned 02/13/2006
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$5.58M
24GClaims135,753
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#5 of 91
Median peer was paid$307K
This provider vs. median18×
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 | 24,690 | $581K | |
| 2019 | 25,771 | $641K | |
| 2020 | 21,169 | $891K | |
| 2021 | 18,043 | $933K | |
| 2022 | 20,475 | $886K | |
| 2023 | 15,132 | $966K | |
| 2024incomplete | 10,473 | $681K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 27% | 60,957 | 29,684 | $1.50M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 26% | 17,412 | 14,384 | $1.46M |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 22% | 30,009 | 9,007 | $1.25M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 19% | 13,076 | 10,788 | $1.06M |
| A0382 | Bls routine disposable supplies | 5.4% | 14,098 | 8,808 | $300K |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | <1% | 201 | 138 | $3K |
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 officialSMELLEY, JON (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Northstar EMS, INC. | Bessemer, AL | $1.05M |
| Northstar EMS INC | Talladega, AL | $913K |
| Northstar EMS INC | Winfield, AL | $744K |
| Blount EMS INC | Oneonta, AL | $729K |
| Pickens Co Ambulance SRVC | Carrollton, AL | $655K |
| Northstar EMS INC | Fayette, AL | $416K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.