Transport
City of Surprise
City of Surprise was paid $6.35M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 67% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCITY OF SURPRISE
SURPRISE, AZ 85374
SURPRISE, AZ 85374
33aNPI1194110791assigned 03/31/2015
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$6.35M
24GClaims28,069
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Arizona
Rank by total paid#24 of 61
Median peer was paid$3.83M
This provider vs. median1.7×
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 | 3,357 | $522K | |
| 2019 | 3,933 | $632K | |
| 2020 | 3,961 | $841K | |
| 2021 | 4,055 | $956K | |
| 2022 | 4,485 | $1.10M | |
| 2023 | 4,771 | $1.27M | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,507 | $1.03M |
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) | 67% | 9,771 | 8,804 | $4.28M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 20% | 3,339 | 3,060 | $1.25M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 11% | 13,482 | 11,873 | $679K |
| A0998 | Ambulance response and treatment, no transport | 2.1% | 205 | 203 | $135K |
| A0382 | Bls routine disposable supplies | <1% | 821 | 682 | $3K |
| A0398 | Als routine disposable supplies | <1% | 397 | 343 | $875.16 |
| J2550 | Injection, promethazine hcl, up to 50 mg | 0% | 39 | 24 | $0.00 |
| A0384 | Bls specialized service disposable supplies; defibrillation (used by als ambulances and bls ambulances in jurisdictions where defibrillation is permitted in bls ambulances) | 0% | 15 | 12 | $0.00 |
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 officialABBOTT, TOM (DIRECTOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| City of Surprise | Surprise, AZ | $12K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.