Whetstone Fire District

Whetstone Fire District was paid $61K by Medicaid between Feb 2019 and Mar 2023, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 49% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWHETSTONE FIRE DISTRICT
HUACHUCA CITY, AZ 85616

33aNPI1154322980assigned 08/02/2005

33bProvider typeLand Ambulance

28Total paid$61K

24GClaims263

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthFeb 2019 – Mar 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Arizona

Rank by total paid#59 of 61

Median peer was paid$3.83M

This provider vs. median0.0×

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	89	$28K
2020	59	$15K
2021	27	$3K
2022	72	$13K
2023	16	$2K

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)	49%	54	52	$30K
A0425	Ground mileage, per statute mile	38%	195	168	$23K
A0998	Ambulance response and treatment, no transport	13%	14	12	$8K

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 officialBIDON, PETER (CHIEF)