Transport
Mercy Flight INC
Mercy Flight INC was paid $13.99M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is A0431, Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing) — 38% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMERCY FLIGHT INC
BUFFALO, NY 14225
BUFFALO, NY 14225
33aNPI1306808753assigned 04/03/2006
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$13.99M
24GClaims65,783
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in New York
Rank by total paid#10 of 219
Median peer was paid$322K
This provider vs. median43×
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 | 5,189 | $954K | |
| 2019 | 6,725 | $1.28M | |
| 2020 | 8,307 | $2.08M | |
| 2021 | 9,542 | $2.65M | |
| 2022 | 12,110 | $2.11M | |
| 2023 | 12,480 | $2.25M | |
| 2024incomplete | 11,430 | $2.67M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0431 | Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing) | 38% | 1,439 | 1,384 | $5.37M |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 18% | 12,497 | 11,325 | $2.50M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 18% | 14,195 | 12,430 | $2.45M |
| A0436 | Rotary wing air mileage, per statute mile | 13% | 1,437 | 1,381 | $1.82M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 10% | 30,460 | 24,895 | $1.43M |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 2.8% | 2,957 | 2,685 | $394K |
| A0432 | Paramedic intercept (pi), rural area, transport furnished by a volunteer ambulance company which is prohibited by state law from billing third party payers | <1% | 129 | 121 | $12K |
| A0170 | Transportation ancillary: parking fees, tolls, other | <1% | 2,641 | 2,318 | $6K |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | <1% | 12 | 12 | $4K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | <1% | 16 | 16 | $2K |
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 officialFERRENTINO, MARGARET (CFO)