Transport
North County Fire & Medical District
North County Fire & Medical District was paid $2.97M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 53% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNORTH COUNTY FIRE & MEDICAL DISTRICT
SUN CITY WEST, AZ 85375
SUN CITY WEST, AZ 85375
33aNPI1215935119assigned 07/13/2005
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$2.97M
24GClaims10,008
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in Arizona
Rank by total paid#24 of 36
Median peer was paid$4.85M
This provider vs. median0.6×
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 | 1,395 | $419K | |
| 2019 | 1,200 | $327K | |
| 2020 | 1,419 | $394K | |
| 2021 | 1,907 | $588K | |
| 2022 | 1,739 | $511K | |
| 2023 | 1,597 | $544K | |
| 2024incomplete | 751 | $192K |
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) | 53% | 2,771 | 2,485 | $1.57M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 26% | 1,573 | 1,395 | $764K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 15% | 5,387 | 4,693 | $437K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | 5.3% | 213 | 209 | $158K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 1.5% | 64 | 62 | $46K |
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 officialELLS, NICHOLAS (DEPUTY CHIEF)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Valley Rural Volunteer Fire District | Buckeye, AZ | $15.41M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.