Pine Medical Center

Pine Medical Center was paid $354K by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and Jun 2020, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0425, Ground mileage, per statute mile — 50% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPINE MEDICAL CENTER
SANDSTONE, MN 55072

33aNPI1154852937assigned 03/23/2017

33bProvider typeAmbulance

28Total paid$354K

24GClaims1,779

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – Jun 2020

Compared with peers

Next to other Ambulance providers in Minnesota

Rank by total paid#13 of 34

Median peer was paid$123K

This provider vs. median2.9×

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	298	$65K
2019	1,070	$206K
2020	411	$83K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
A0425	Ground mileage, per statute mile	50%	1,207	967	$175K
A0427	Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)	39%	436	369	$138K
A0429	Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)	11%	136	124	$41K

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 officialHEDRIX, MICHAEL (ADMINISTRATOR)

Parent organizationST MARY'S DULUTH CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM